Piers Morgan gets trolled by Indians for 'losing medals' tweet

Two young women won two medals for India at Rio Olympics.

British journalist and TV presenter Piers Morgan loves courting controversy, and this time he has infuriated the second largest country (by population) in the world - India!
Morgan took to Twitter earlier today to 'mock' India's two medals at the recently concluded Rio Olympics, calling the one bronze and one silver medal as 'losing medals'
Two young women won India its only two medals in Rio, Sakshi Malik in wrestling and Sindhu in badminton.
Firstly it was Shobhaa De, then a Pakistani journalist, followed by Ram Gopal Verma.
This is the tweet 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

And Indian Twitterati did not take it lightly, trolling the US editor-at-large for Mail Online on Twitter:

@piersmorgan @tariqvaidya @WalesOnline
You guys are playing football since Jurassic age and yet didn't won a single world cup. Proud?
- KK2KK (@kartik_sawarkar) August 24, 2016

@piersmorgan your life summed up in one tweet https://t.co/rgBicxBR9X
- Himamshu Srivathsa (@assistant_ozil) August 24, 2016

@nikhilpuro @gillian43612620 How many times England won world cup.?? U introduced cricket sport to world n u guys r rich. @piersmorgan
- Avitesh (@Avitesh_gaur) August 24, 2016

Someone even threw in a Lagaan reference! Aamir Khan would be proud:

@piersmorgan intellectuals ( a lot better than urs) to think abt. Bdw have you watched this movie?? @chetan_bhagat pic.twitter.com/w2lHfNBqFM
- ashwin (@engg89) August 24, 2016

Half the people trolling @piersmorgan don't even know who he is.
- Rahul Gangwani (@Itemboi) August 24, 2016

The Shobhaa De bashing also continued:

Meanwhile on Facebook,
"Shobhaa De is now friends with Piers Morgan"
- The Indian Idiot (@charansh) August 24, 2016

People getting furious with Piers Morgan.
Hilarious.
Guys, this is what he does.
He's a professional troll.
He's KRK with a British accent.
- Sorabh Pant (@hankypanty) August 24, 2016

It's no surprise that, at the time of filing this report, Piers Morgan was trending in Indian Twittersphere:

Piers Morgan, @piersmorgan is now trending in India https://t.co/6KlseR1xJg
- Trendsmap India (@TrendsmapIndia) August 24, 2016

While many lashed out the journalist, there were some who seconded Morgan:
He even got a death threat, however the tweet was deleted soon after - for obvious reasons:

That's only the 3rd best death threat I've had today. On a positive note, you're Welsh so you get a bus parade! https://t.co/OqIpHts30t
- Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 24, 2016

On a different (seditious, antinationalist) note, @piersmorgan is right, of course. (But how dare he??) https://t.co/7XxPYCOswj
- Prasanto K Roy (@prasanto) August 24, 2016

Looks like Indian twitter has met its match in @piersmorgan.
- Sruthijith (@sruthijith) August 24, 2016

Troll him all you want but @piersmorgan is right. The excessive celebration doesn't quite match the result.
- Karan Talwar (@BollywoodGandu) August 24, 2016

I know how to spell your name.
It was a little joke because you didn't know how to spell mine.... https://t.co/s7sKUecDyW
- Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 24, 2016

However, known for his razor sharp wit, Morgan was not one to go down easil - he took on ALL of Indian Twitterati:

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

Time to prescribe yourself some humour pills, Dr. https://t.co/wtVtLdR4ot
- Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 24, 2016

How did you get a blue tick with 286 followers? No wonder you celebrate silver & bronze medals. https://t.co/yeNMtQ1Af0
- Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 24, 2016

1,200,000,000 people and not a single Gold medal at the Olympics?
Come on India, this is shameful.
Put the bunting away & get training.
- Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 24, 2016

It's time. I cracked Hollywood years ago. https://t.co/KnhPzAoYvJ
- Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 24, 2016

India's the fastest growing economy on the planet. Stop whining & get training. https://t.co/AZDcb0XOWD
- Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 24, 2016

Looks like Indian twitter has met its match in @piersmorgan.
- Sruthijith (@sruthijith) August 24, 2016

Indian Twitter definitely wins Gold at trolling. If only their athletes were as skilled. https://t.co/MRO110udG4
- Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 24, 2016

Morgan even dragged revered cricket hero, Sachin Tendulkar in to his argument - face-saving?:

If India can produce a batsman as brilliant as @sachin_rt then it can produce Gold medal winning Olympians. Needs investment & focus.
- Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 24, 2016

All we can say is, Morgan once again gets his 15 minutes of fame online.

They do now. ???? https://t.co/3bzL7rTrut
- Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 24, 2016

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