India, Aug. 18 -- Former India cricketers Sanjay Manjrekar and Murali Kartik were involved in an ugly on-air spat on Monday during the ongoing first Test between India and Sri Lanka in Galle. The incident occurred on Day 3 of the Test, after the first session, with the banter quickly turning personal and leaving social media buzzing.

According to a video shared by Sony Sports, the official broadcaster for the Test series in Sri Lanka, Kartik, who was in the studio, took a cheeky dig at Manjrekar, who was reporting from Galle. The former India spinner mocked Manjrekar's trademark pout and suggested that it sometimes made it difficult to understand what he was saying on air.

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