New Delhi: UK Journalist Piers Morgan was trending on Twitter on Wednesday ever since he posted a tweet where he mocked India for celebrating over winning just two medals at Rio Olympics 2016.
Piers, who is an Arsenal fan, and is known to have a go at trollers, was hogging the limelight on Twitter soon after he posted a tweet which read, "Country with 1.2 billion people wildly celebrates 2 losing medals. How embarassing is that?"
Minutes after he posted his tweet, thousands of Indian fans trolled Piers for it.
While several celebrities took a dig at Piers, Virender Sehwag – who has been in news lately for his brilliant tweets, didn't waste the opportunity and slammed Piers with two tweets.
Sehwag started with a tweet where he reminded Piers that England were yet to win a World Cup, despite being the inventors of the sport.
We cherish every small happiness',
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 24, 2016
But Eng who invented Cricket,&yet2win a WC,still continue to playWC.Embarrassing? https://t.co/0mzP4Ro8H9
Piers soon replied saying had Kevin Pietersen still been playing, England would have won the World Cup.
Very embarrassing, Legend.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 24, 2016
If @KP24 was playing, we'd win the WC.
Just as we won T20 WC & he was Man of Series. https://t.co/50X5YMQSQU
The battle didn't end there as Viru reminded Piers that KP was originally from South Africa.
KP is a legend no doubt,bt wasnt he born in SA,&by ur logic Eng shd hv won 2007WC.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 24, 2016
Why hv prblm wid our ppl,celbrtng https://t.co/ZigCrzVG05
Piers mellowed down after Sehwag's second tweet and said that people should be celebrating coming first and not other achievements.
I think people should only celebrate winning.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 24, 2016
Coming 2nd or 3rd isn't winning, it's losing.
No? https://t.co/9lkOl3iumL
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