24 August,2016 08:35 AM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
Former India opener Virender Sehwag used his wit to good effect as he shut down UK journalist Piers Morgan for his tweets mocking India for celebrating the two medals it won at 2016 Rio Olympics
UK journalist Piers Morgan faces a lot of flak on Wednesday for his tweets mocking the 'wild celebrations' in India for winning two medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Morgan, known for his controversial Twitter posts, criticised India for winning two Rio Olympics medals.
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The TV host made fun of India and Indians for not producing gold medallists.
He termed India's Olympics medal tally an embarrassment and felt that the celebrations for just two medals that weren't gold was over the top. Morgan also tweeted that it was 'shameful' that 1.2 billions couldn't produce a gold medallist.
HERE ARE HIS TWEETS:
And this led to Indian Twitterati trolling him. Former India opener Virender Sehwag, who is fast becoming the 'Nawab of Twitter' had a prompt reply for the 51-year-old TV journalist.
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Viru reminded Morgan of England's lack of achievements in the field of cricket, which the English had invented.
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Here's how Twitterati reacted to Morgan's comments:
