It was the 17th over of India’s second innings at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday when Sunil Gavaskar, seated comfortably in the Channel 7 commentary box, confidently predicted how Rishabh Pant would approach the next few deliveries. Gavaskar believed Pant would bide his time, playing a few balls cautiously before going for an attacking shot. Barely a ball later, Pant turned the tables with a jaw-dropping reverse hook over the slip cordon for four, leaving Gavaskar — and his co-commentators — momentarily speechless.

An hour earlier, Australian cricketing legend Greg Chappell was in the press box, sharing his thoughts on modern-day innovative shot-making in Test cricket with a group of travelling Indian journalists.