Amid the countless stories pouring in about India's failures at providing for its athletes in Rio, Sakshi Malik's bronze medal came as a breath of fresh air.

And as Indians celebrated Malik's feat, some users decided it was their moment to ridicule the fact that it was the country's sole win, despite the participation of 118 other athletes.

One such user was Omar R Quraishi, the editor of digital properties at Pakistan's Samaa TV. "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," he tweeted.

The tweet sparked off a sort of an India-Pakistan war on micro-blogging platform.



People reminded him of Pakistan's own sullen record at the Olympics

And its record in the ongoing games

Errrr..

They suggested various 'sports' where Pakistan was most likely to qualify

And even named teams for it

OUCH.



More terrorism references were made

None of Pakistani shooters have qualified for the #RioOlympics bcz of this ???? pic.twitter.com/haIlFFegE8 MumBaekar.. (@katamulgi) July 15, 2016

The state of women in Pakistan was also brought up

Some embarrassing numbers were thrown around

Actor Amitabh Bachchan had things to say too

And even fellow Pakistanis reminded Quraishi to take the truth pill

People were mostly just like: Come on now Pakistan, don't be so jealous

.@omar_quraishi bhai, spray maar le, lagta hai bahot jal rahi hai teri ???????? pic.twitter.com/YmrMUtFHQD PhD in Bak*****? (@Atheist_Krishna) August 18, 2016

There were a few reminders about India's own sportsman spirit

And Indians reminded Quraishi exactly why the medal mattered so much

And of course, it was a mauka to ignite some cricketing memories

The night's final burns were delivered with PV Sindhu's semi-final win

More than 12 hours since it was posted, Quraishi's tweet is still generating wars of words. But he has other things to gloat about: