Former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff may just have stuck his hand into a hornet’s nest when he claimed, albeit in jest, on Twitter that he did not recognise Big B Amitabh Bachchan. Soon after team India won the match against Australia, there were loads of reactions from the cricketing experts, cricketers and fans. Former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff & Amitabh Bachchan also tweeted.

Here is a look at the conversation between Bachchan and Flintoff:

T 2188 – VIIIIRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTT !! You are simply genius !! pic.twitter.com/KR7gp7otG4

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 27, 2016

T 2188 – @imVkohli you were brilliance times infinity !! Pure genius. Thank you for tonight ! And may many more such nights come our way !!

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 27, 2016

At this rate @imVkohli will be as good as @root66 one day ! Not sure who @englandcricket will meet in the final now !

— andrew flintoff (@flintoff11) March 27, 2016

@flintoff11 @imVkohli @root66 @englandcricket Root who ? जड़ से उखाड़ देंगे Root ko ..!!!

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 27, 2016

Sorry who’s this ? ? https://t.co/sjhs7HGT1d

— andrew flintoff (@flintoff11) March 27, 2016

Flintoff’s cheeky response, however, might have made him an enemy in the eyes of a billion Indians.

One user, tweeting under the handle “@SirJadeja”, referred to Bachan’s iconic role in the movie “Shahenshah”. He tweeted:

Beta @flintoff11,

“Rishtey Me To Wo Tumhare Baap Lagtey Hain, Naam Hai Shahenshaah”. 😉 @SrBachchan #IndvsAus pic.twitter.com/r4dKZjV2YX

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) March 27, 2016

A user, using a parody handle of Kohli, responded to Flintoff’s tweet and wrote:

.@flintoff11 @SrBachchan @imVkohli @root66 @englandcricket
Visit Madame Tussauds, London. You’ll know who’s he.

— Virat Kohli (@Bees_Kut) March 27, 2016

Flintoff did not recognize Amitabh Bachchan on twitter . It seems, Maria Sharapova is handling his twitter a/c.

— Sunil- The Cricketer (@1sInto2s) March 27, 2016

The 1 who is having 19M more followers than u here & more famous than u in England @flintoff11 @SrBachchan @imVkohli @root66 @englandcricket

— Dєνιℓ (@beingdevil_) March 27, 2016

@flintoff11 well he is 20 times more than what your are!! Check his number of followers and speak Freddie boy!!

— Riyaz Cenation (@TheRizTalk) March 27, 2016

@flintoff11 @SrBachchan @imVkohli @root66 @englandcricket well after losing a match to India dis is what happens! Memory loss bro ??

— Samina Shaikh (@saminaUFshaikh) March 27, 2016

@SirJadeja @flintoff11 @SrBachchan Iska haal Sharapova wala Naa Ho jaaye “who is Sachin”she asked.Aaj gayab Ho Gayi Khud!

— payal bhayana (@payalbhayana) March 27, 2016

@flintoff11 Daddy!! @SrBachchan pic.twitter.com/iYjddRDt0R

— Khaleesi (@HappyHigh01) March 27, 2016

@flintoff11 bete followers ki shankya dekh le pehle tu baad me puchiyo who is this..smjha ghochu..,Google it….

— #BleedBlue (@RiturajKathait) March 27, 2016

@flintoff11 ??? @SrBachchan @imVkohli @root66 @englandcricket pic.twitter.com/Gl9nuR9prD

— Amit.A (@Amit_smiling) March 27, 2016

@flintoff11 amitabh bachan followers on twitter = 20m
Flintoff + joe root = 2 + 3 = 5m

4x more fans than u and ur baby joe root.. ?????????

— !shaan $axena (@TRIVIDIishaan) March 27, 2016

In the end, Flintoff got so traumatized that he tweeted this.

Getting a taste of what it is like to be @piersmorgan ,some abuse flying about ,some people just don’t understand the term “tongue in cheek”

— andrew flintoff (@flintoff11) March 27, 2016

Hope Flintoff learnt his lesson and won’t repeat it again. After all, this tongue-in-cheek reply did cost him a lot.

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