Twitterati teach Piers Morgan a lesson for poking fun at Indian Olympians

Popular British television personality Piers Morgan invited the wrath of the Indian Twitterati horde after he posted a tweet poking fun at celebrations over the two Olympic medal winners in a country of a 1.2 billion. Although Indians might not be united in their cause in too many things apart from cricket, when it comes to Twitter, the country takes trolling rather seriously.

While some Indians agreed with the shade that Morgan threw, he was predictably trolled to the bone. He did however mount a fightback, individually replying to each tweet that was subjected against him, and in some cases, he did rather well.

Here's the tweet by Morgan that started it all:

Country with 1.2 billion people wildly celebrates 2 losing medals. How embarrassing is that? https://t.co/FYSBM7ErAf

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 24,

2016

Virender Sehwag started the troll innings for India with this tweet:

We cherish every small happiness',
But Eng who invented Cricket,&yet2win a WC,still continue to playWC.Embarrassing? https://t.co/0mzP4Ro8H9

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 24, 2016

KP is a legend no doubt,bt wasnt he born in SA,&by ur logic Eng shd hv won 2007WC.
Why hv prblm wid our ppl,celbrtng https://t.co/ZigCrzVG05

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 24,

2016

Then the master of leg spin, Australian cricketer Shane Warne intruded:

Why are you having a go at my Indian friends buddy ? I think enough talk about the Olympics & medal tallies ! Haha https://t.co/fnaVzYv8vM

— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) August 24, 2016

That's what I was inferring & sticking up for Indian friends. We thought we would give other countries a chance haha https://t.co/bHLFTHorpw

— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) August 24,

2016

And then began the onslaught.

India is a confident. assured, secure country. We are an emerging superp...PIERS MORGAN, WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?

— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) August 24, 2016

What is even more embarrassing are your snivelling interviews as if you had a diaper in your mouth. Sad. https://t.co/9jf55sBwAU

— SUHEL SETH (@suhelseth) August 24, 2016

At least you'll never have to worry about being one of my interviewees, Suhel.
I only interview famous people. https://t.co/yPGf3TLtNr

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 24, 2016

That's OK mate, we're still trying to locate your athletes. https://t.co/POJZRAtrjN

 — Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 24, 2016

We honor achievers Peirs. Top 3 in the world,despite 3rd world sports facilities isn't loser.It is freaking amazing! https://t.co/pbFuP0Hmky

— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) August 24, 2016

It's Chetan. And sorry about the trolling. I get my fair share. Celebration or outrage, we tend to overdo.Clearly :) https://t.co/Wkc6UWUIND

— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) August 24, 2016