Piers Morgan was severely trolled on the social media for slamming India’s performance at the recently concluded Rio 2016 Olympics. The UK Journalist shared his opinion on team India’s run in Rio saying, “Country with 1.2 billion people wildly celebrates 2 losing medals. How embarrassing is that?”

As expected he received a lot of flak for his comments. Virender Sehwag was a notable personality to troll the journalist.

Meanwhile, former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar, who is known for his outspoken nature, surprised everyone by supporting Morgan’s views and tweeted: “Instead of lashing back at those who take a dig at our Olympic performance, introspection is a better response. Improvement is then possible,”

Instead of lashing back at those who take a dig at our olympic performance, introspection is a better response.Improvement is then possible.

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) August 26, 2016

The comment did not go down too well with the Indians and they blasted Manjrekar for his tweet.

Easy to sit in AC rooms and type this,How many of u guys who are in position to do something have made an effort to do so?

— Ahmed (@BelikeIBE) August 26, 2016

but than your commentary too never improved! Ever wondered why?

— Alok (@dch4alok) August 26, 2016

we won the cricket WC after 50 plus years after we started playing! How can you expect to win without putting in time?

— Dugga100 (@Dugga100) August 26, 2016

why didn't you introspect about your career when it was going to dogs. You spent all your life hating sachin and India

— Jaydeep Bapat (@Jaydeep_Bapat) August 26, 2016

we won the cricket WC after 50 plus years after we started playing! How can you expect to win without putting in time?

— Dugga100 (@Dugga100) August 26, 2016

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