India, June 22 -- During the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Rishabh Pant was at the receiving end of one of the most infamous meltdowns by none other than Sunil Gavaskar. The former India captain, not one to mince words, absolutely lost it inside the commentary box and tucked into the India keeper. Pant had played a reckless shot to get out in the third Test in Melbourne, and an irate Gavaskar let it rip on the microphone. "Stupid. Stupid. Stupid", he said. It's been six months since the incident took place, but the string of memes and jokes it has left behind is still fresh.

But how things have changed. We are in June, with the same Rishabh Pant. The same Sunil Gavaskar. The only difference is the mood. Pant hammered his 7th Test century on Da...