Team India's win against Pakistan yesterday set the temperature rising across the world, as Indian cricket fans across the globe celebrated the Men in Blue's unbeaten streak against Pakistan, 7-0, in the World Cup. 

Social media feeds were flooded with congratulatory notes for Team India and one such message was tweeted by recently appointed Home Minister, Amit Shah.

Another strike on Pakistan by #TeamIndia and the result is same.

Congratulations to the entire team for this superb performance.

Every Indian is feeling proud and celebrating this impressive win. #INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/XDGuG3OiyK

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) June 16, 2019

Shah's 'another strike' comment has not gone down well with cricket fans and people are kind of disappointed with his choice of words.

Home min @AmitShah likens India win over Pakistan to 'another strike'; yes, it's a great win but it's a cricket match and not war:no one died out there. We won because we played a much better game. There is still a World Cup to be won! Let's do the chest thumping on 14th July!

— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) June 17, 2019

Amit Shah compares India's win over Pakistan in the world cup to the Balakot strike. We just cannot be comparing a cricket match to an army strike in the first place. Very irresponsible statement coming from the home minister.

— Chandni Prashar (@ChandniPrashar) June 17, 2019

People feel that the tweet was in bad taste, especially coming from a senior politician, and that comparing this win to a 'strike' was unnecessary.

Cricket is just a game. The rest is all hype. I certainly didn't like the statement put out by @AmitShah and the @AmitShahOffice either, on yesterday's game. He must know that he's the HM of a country and not a state - period

— #TheRebel #I still remain vigilant (@ravishankar5248) June 17, 2019

I thought it was a cricket match. Seriously "strike" @AmitShah . pic.twitter.com/eAq0s9Ze7m

— Om Prakash (@Om81624017) June 17, 2019

@AmitShah don't compare cricket with your politics.
Keep it aside. They won because they played a good game. It was not a war. https://t.co/XswG4GzBTW

— Tonakshi Kalra (@Tonakshi_0494) June 17, 2019

Cricket and the battlefield are two separate things and while it's admirable to have a strong sentiment towards one's nation, sometimes we forget that as humans, our words can often leave a deeper wound than anything else.