Piers Morgan unites arch-rivals as Pakistani journalist tweets in support of India

Mazher Arshad’s tweet was well received by Indian Twitter trolls. His reply came after Morgan had called India’s celebration on PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik’s medals as embarrassing.

Wednesday was a busy day for the Indian Twitter trolls, as English journalist Piers Morgan kept them at work with his tweets trolling India’s Olympic performance. Not just the trolls, but celebs like Chetan Bhagat, Suhel Seth and Virender Sehwag also took on Morgan and gave him befitting replies. However, what stood apart was a tweet from a Pakistani journalist. ALSO READ: Virender Sehwag now bats for Indian medal winners at Rio Olympics 2016.

Yes, Morgan may have hurt the sentiments of millions of Indians active on social media, but what he also did was something no one else could. Morgan united arch-rivals India and Pakistan with his tweet as Pakistani sports journalist Mazher Arshad, who is renowned on social media space, tweeted in support of India. Reacting to Morgan’s tweet, he wrote:

Can Gold medal winning countries, lets say US and China, produce as brilliant batsman as Sachin? Just wondering… https://t.co/Qh5SOfdmSX

— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) August 24, 2016

Arshad’s tweet was well received by Indian Twitter trolls. His reply came after Morgan had called India’s celebration on PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik’s medals as embarrassing. His tweets got befitting reply from Sehwag and other trolls. However, he tried to diffuse the entire episode by the end of the day with his balanced tweets which read:

Dear India,
I love you but in your hearts you know I’m right.
Read this, get angry & START TRAINING FOR JAPAN 2020.https://t.co/0PizjeaxNO

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 24, 2016

What could be a better reason than inspiring a nation of 1.2 billion people to fulfil their sporting potential? https://t.co/AVigDQHH1Z

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 24, 2016

It will be interesting to see whether Indian Twitter trolls accept this tweet and settle things here or continue with their antics.