# Pant and Sarfaraz’s ‘sword’ banter goes viral during India-Sri Lanka Test 2026-08-17T17:02:55+00:00 | Sports | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet (2 source reports) Rishabh Pant and Sarfaraz Khan had fans in splits with their stump-mic banter during Day 3 of the first Test against Sri Lanka. The conversation, picked up by microphones, was aimed at Ravindra Jadeja, who was yet to bowl. Sarfaraz told Jadeja to wait as the bowlers would share the wickets. Pant then added, 'Aur sab talvaar chalayenge,' referencing Jadeja's signature sword-swinging celebration. On the field, India took a 178-run first-innings lead after bowling Sri Lanka out for 284. Debutant Manav Suthar took 4-76, striking with his first ball, while Jadeja took 3-57 and crossed 350 Test wickets. Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, and Prasidh Krishna took one each. Sri Lanka had earlier recovered from 90-5 through a 146-run stand between Sonal Dinusha and Niroshan Dickwella, but India's bowlers ultimately dominated. The first Test continues. ## Coverage - sports.ndtv.com - sports.ndtv.com (2) This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-17T22:15:50+00:00. Tags: Ravindra Jadeja, Rishabh Pant, Sarfaraz Khan, Sri Lanka Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/pants-sab-talvaar-chalayenge-joke-caught-on-stump-mic/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/pants-sab-talvaar-chalayenge-joke-caught-on-stump-mic/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/