If anyone could “own” The Fall on a cricket ground, it was Rishabh Pant. With a shot that had devastating ramifications and pure, unalloyed glee when watching in real-time, and countless times in hindsight, the Indian batting star, delighted those watching at the Optus Stadium. It was a charismatic sweep six, while India were falling apart at 108/6. And while Pant literally fell, toppled with the momentum, but not without having dented Pat Cummins’ aura. Australia were 42/5 in response and suddenly the Pant Six wasn’t a mere happy highlight amidst a tragedy for India. As it turned out, the counter-attack was pivotal in dragging India to 150. Cummins had the last laugh with Pant’s dismissal, but all other laughs, giggles, guffaws and all manners of gushes and chuckling that resonated through the Perth ground, were punch pleased with Pant. The commentary boxes couldn’t stop beaming – even the radio tale-narrators. On Sen Cricket, Gerard Whateley had Ravi Shastri for company, and almost fell off the seat himself, leaving sideways, describing while mimicking the shot. …