India vs NZ, 3rd Test, Day 3 Talking points: Ashwin's golden touch and Guptill's luck

NEW DELHI: Here are the five talking points from the third day of the third Test between India and New Zealand during which Ravichandran Ashwin completed his 20th five-wicket haul.
What goes around, comes around
It was the final delivery of the 29th over and New Zealand openers had given their team a strong start. Ashwin had overpitched that ball, prompting Tom Latham to drive him through mid-on region.Ravindra Jadeja was stationed there but did not attempt a dive, letting the ball race past to the fence. A peeved Ashwin uttered something under his breath, probably cursing his teammate for not doing enough. Jadeja came on to bowl the next and incidentally, Guptill lofted his final delivery over long-off where Ashwin was fielding. Not the most athletic fielder in the team, he made a feeble move to go for a catch and the ball went past the ropes. The cameras zoomed in on Jadeja to catch his reaction to Ashwin's attempt and expectedly, it wasn't one of a friend.
Ashwin triggers New Zealand freefall
With a solid platform underneath and one of world's finest batsmen at the crease, New Zealand were fancying their chances after the lunch break. Ashwin, who had got India the vital breakthrough minutes before lunch, was bowling a probing spell but even he wouldn't have imagined the repercussions of his persistence. Off his sixth delivery of the 43rd over, Kane Williamson rocked back for a cut shot but it wasn't short enough and he ended up chopping it back onto the stumps. Off his next over, innings' 45th, he extended Ross Taylor's wretched run, fooling him for turn he edged Ashwin to first flip without disturbing the scoreboard. He then fully effected the run out of dangerous Guptill for 72 and then removed Luke Ronchi for a duck. He had figures of 0/36 from his first 9 overs and then from his next eight, he collected four scalps for just six runs.
…and completes 20th five-wicket haul
Ashwin later on broke James Neesham resistance, trapping him in front of the wickets. However, replays showed that would have missed the stumps and the disappointment of the wrong decision appeared on Neesham's face after he had a look at the replays on the way to dressing room. But for Ashwin it didn't matter as he was busy celebrating his 20th five-wicket haul in Tests, joining James Anderson and Daniel Vettori at 21st spot in the list of most five-wicket hauls in the format. He finished with 6/81 apart from two run-outs against his name.
Unlucky Guptill
Guptill was under the pump for his continuous failures on the current tour. In fact, the opener failed to go past 24 runs in his last seven innings. The Indore track came as a timely blessing for Guptill which turned out to be the best surface to bat on. He made full use of the conditions, showing what he's capable of when in flow. A hint of that had come on the second day when he had hit Ashwin for a six over midwicket in the final over. On the third morning, he began scoring in the same manner as on Sunday afternoon - an outside edge for four. He was handed a life by Rahane, dropped at gully when batting on 21. He capitalized on that, adding seven more fours and one six to his total - one of which brought up his half-century. However, at 72, he was caught a couple of steps short of his crease at the non-strikers end when the ball crashed on the stumps after a little deflection thanks to Ashwin who was aiming to halt a Luke Ronchi drive. The decision went to third umpire who gave him out. He surely missed out on a deserved century.
Kohli's sharp reflexes
It was Ravindra Jadeja who broke got rid of Mitchell Santner, inducing an inside edge that zipped to leg-slip where Kohli had slotted himself in. Jadeja landed his final delivery of the 79th over on the rough and lured Santner forward for a cover drive. The ball came in sharply and went between his defenses after kissing the inside edge and zipped to Kohli who was on the ready to accept the catch.