Twitter applauds as Virender Sehwag turns down Arnab Goswami's debate on Piers Morgan

On the fateful day of August 24, British journalist Piers Morgan shared a tweet which eventually snowballed into what can be called a contention, between Virender Sehwag and Morgan.

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

This tweet made things serious as these stalwarts engaged in a war of words drawing back to each of the country's performances at the Olympic Games, the cricket World Cup and stray bets to add fuel to the fire. But of course, when you're up against the Twitter Jedi Virender Sehwag, not even Piers Morgan serves as a fair match.

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

To that, Piers Morgan went on to make a lofty bet of 1 million rupees to charity if India won a medal in the Olympic Games before England won World Cup. Apparently, he should have done his research better, because Sehwag was quick in pointing out that India already holds 9 Olympic gold, and to that effect, offered to take the Kohinoor diamond off the British hands to honour the bet!

On Friday, Virender Sehwag shared a tweet which shed some light on why he turned down the interview on Newshour by Arnab Goswami, where he was supposed to speak on the entire Morgan fiasco.

Arnab Goswami wants me to speak on that British guys views on India on NewsHour,but that man doesnt deserve any airtime,hence I have denied

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) September 2, 2016

His fans and critics showered his laudable gesture with praises. But they were just as hilarious as it would be fitting for the wit of Sehwag, which he is often known for.

. @virendersehwag Neither of them deserve any airtime if sensible discussion is what you want!

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) September 2, 2016

@virendersehwag https://t.co/eigGa80Yhv now that's a sixer

— Rakeysh Mehra (@RakeyshOmMehra) September 2, 2016

@virendersehwag If everyone thought as sensible and clearly as you, India will be a superpower. More Power to Viru paaji !

— Abhi Dholakia (@TheLordie) September 2, 2016

@virendersehwag Always maintain the dignity an Indian carries and keep doing what you are best at. #ThankYou

— Raja (@heartwon) September 2, 2016

@virendersehwag Hindi mein kar do. Kaunsa @piersmorgan ko samajh aana hai?

— Abhishek Gureja (@AbhishekGureja) September 2, 2016

@virendersehwag saala Piers Morgan se direct British Guy. pic.twitter.com/IJBUq4BGsp

— Sand-d Singh (@Sand_In_Deed) September 2, 2016

@virendersehwag It looks like u can generate more TRP then what he can. U have a better Strike rate.

— Lord STARK  (@iamGunjanGrunge) September 2, 2016

@virendersehwag @PradeepDogra19 Who said u r not playing sir , still u r hitting big sixes

— Ashish Kaushik (@ItsKaushik87) September 3, 2016

@virendersehwag Aye huzoor. Aapne tho Newshour ke Chakke uda diye. Quick Gun Morgan!

— Sudev Rajah (@rajahsudev) September 2, 2016

@virendersehwag Thats pretty PIERSing strategy ;-)

— Veri-fied Blue Tick (@TvamevaAnsh) September 2, 2016

@virendersehwag paaji if you participated .. even the great arnab would have gone silent like bowlers of past. .

— GeeVee (@BeingGaneshV) September 2, 2016