Piers Morgan rekindles Twitter war with Virender Sehwag, throws down a million rupee gauntlet

Piers Morgan is clearly not one to let a few setbacks come in the way of Twitter banter. The British journalist found himself on the wrong end of a social media trend (again) last week after he tried to troll Indian sports fans, asking them about the country’s woeful performance at the Olympic Games.

But he quickly discovered the ire of the scorned Indian sports fan, and several thousands of them took to Twitter to blast Morgan. Among them was novelist Chetan Bhagat and former cricketer Virender Sehwag.

A lesser man would have let it be. But Morgan is no lesser man. Showing incredible persistence, he returned to the topic after a week – as England scored a record-breaking 444 against Pakistan – this time throwing Sehwag a challenge:

Within seconds of him having clicked on the “send” button, Indian Twitterati exploded once again, this time furiously informing Morgan of India’s stellar Olympic record — including the nine gold medals its athletes have already secured.

Forcing Morgan to delete the older tweet and send in a reworded version:

And while Sehwag hasn’t responded to the offer yet, several others have already taken up Morgan’s challenge on the Delhi batsman’s behalf.