Archive · 18 Aug 2026
Rishabh Pant's Hilarious Stump-Mic Moment Goes Viral in Galle Test
In a cricket game between India and Sri Lanka, the player who stands behind the wickets, Rishabh Pant, made people laugh.
He was talking into a microphone that picks up players' voices, and he told his teammates to hurry because dark rain clouds were coming.
The game was already being interrupted by rain.
Pant also batted and scored 39 runs before getting out.
His teammate Devdutt Padikkal scored a big 167 runs.
India scored 462 runs in their first turn.
Then Sri Lanka batted and scored 284 runs, so India was ahead by 178 runs.
Pant's funny comment became very popular online.
Many cricket fans enjoyed his cheerful personality behind the wickets.
Rishabh Pant's stump-mic comment 'Bhai chalo chalo jaldi wahan se baadal bhi aa rahe hai' went viral during the first India-Sri Lanka Test in Galle.
Dark clouds gathered around Galle International Stadium amid a rain-affected Test that had already seen delays and interruptions.
Pant scored a quick 39 in India's first innings before being dismissed by Sri Lanka debutant Keshara Nuwantha.
India finished their first innings on 462, with Devdutt Padikkal scoring 167 on his Test comeback and Dhruv Jurel contributing a half-century.
India secured a 178-run first-innings lead after Sri Lanka were bowled out for 284, with Manav Suthar and Ravindra Jadeja sharing wickets.
- Who
- Rishabh Pant, the Indian wicketkeeper-batter, along with teammates including Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja and Manav Suthar, and Sri Lanka's debutant Keshara Nuwantha.
- What
- Pant's humorous stump-mic comment about approaching dark clouds went viral during the rain-affected first Test.
- When
- During the first Test between India and Sri Lanka (specific date not stated in the article).
- Where
- Galle International Stadium, Galle.
- Why
- Pant urged his teammates to hurry because dark clouds were gathering amid genuine rain concerns at the stadium.
- Player
- Rishabh Pant (28 years old)
- Event
- First Test, India vs Sri Lanka
- Venue
- Galle International Stadium
- Pant's first-innings score
- 39
- India's first-innings total
- 462
- Top scorer
- Devdutt Padikkal, 167
- Sri Lanka's first-innings total
- 284
- India's first-innings lead
- 178 runs