Amitabh Bachchan silences a Pakistani journalist after he mocks India's performance at the Games

Amitabh Bachchan has used social media platform Twitter to show his support for Rio Olympics 2016 bronze medal winner Sakshi Malik. This came after a Pakistani journalist mocked the Indian contingent saying ‘the country is celebrating Sakshi’s medal as if they have won 20’.

India’s neighbouring country Pakistan did not win a single medal at the Rio Olympics, whereas India brought two medals home. The Olympics are the biggest sporting extravaganza in the world and to some sportspersons, even participating in the Games is a dream

Out of the 121 athletes, who formed the Indian contingent, only Sakshi Malik and PV Sindhu were able to bag medals for the country in Rio.

After Sakshi won the bronze medal, the Pakistani journalist mocked India for over-celebrating her medal. Here are the tweets.

Finally one of the 119 competitors that India sent to Rio has won a medal - a bronze - now see how they portray it as if they won 20 golds

— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) August 18, 2016

For a population of over 1.25 billion India managed just one bronze medal - Norway with 5 million managed 2 -- tch tch tch

— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) August 18, 2016

My TL would suggest that may Indians on Twitter are quite intolerant of criticism - one bronze for 1.25 billion people is valid criticism

— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) August 18, 2016

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— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) August 18, 2016

In reply, along with the Bollywood actor, renowned Indian journalist Shekhar Gupta sent tweets addressing the Pakistani journalist Omar Quraishi.

For me it is worth a 1000 golds and even that is not enough. Pride for Sakshi, proud that she is Indian and a woman https://t.co/io5JyaMTUP

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 18, 2016

You deserve a red card. No proportionate quota in Olympics. #GB has more medals than 25 times bigger China #Rio2016 https://t.co/2Loh6dvICW

— Shekhar Gupta (@ShekharGupta) August 18, 2016

The Pakistani journalist then sent one last tweet.

Moral of the story is that it takes a teeli tweet for Amitabh Bachchan to respond to you if you are from Pakistan https://t.co/5JiBwd6S8Y

— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) August 18, 2016

Sakshi Malik, the 23-year-old wrestler, became the first Indian female wrestler to win a medal at the Olympics, and also the fourth female Olympic medallist from the country, a record which was bettered by PV Sindhu after a couple of days.

Along with the fellow female wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Babita Kumari and Geeta Phogat, Malik is also a part of the JSW Sports Excellence group. The wrestler also received Rs. 2.5 crore from the Haryana Government as an appreciation for winning the bronze medal.