PV Sindhu won the badminton gold, at least for this TV news channel

For everyone else PV Sindhu, India's golden girl with the long legs and fantastic smile, won the silver medal and a billion-plus hearts as she faced off with Spain's Carolina Marin, who of course, won the gold. 

But not for a TV channel. It seems NDTV, in its bid to play Nostradamus, prematurely published a story that had a brilliant, if a bit too optimistic, a headline: "PV Sindhu Upsets Carolina Marin To Clinch Historic Badminton Gold in Rio Olympics."

As usual, you first heard it on Twitter.

Control NDTV, control. pic.twitter.com/zRjyV6nfQn

— Vishakha Saxena (@saxenavishakha) August 19, 2016

The story, obviously a draft that was accidentally published, sent Twitter into a tizzy, exactly as Sindhu was having that gladiatorial, nail-biting match with Marin.

@prabh_chahal trainee, trainee trainee!! @saxenavishakha

— Rohini Bakshi (@RohiniBakshi) August 19, 2016

@saxenavishakha @sagarcasm NDTV hi panauti hai

— anshul bahl (@anshulbahl21) August 19, 2016

For a change, the bhakt universe wanted NDTV's predictions to come true.

@saxenavishakha @DefucktiveHumor ????" I know that feeling bro "- Pakistan

— @d!tyA (@adityatwitz) August 19, 2016

Though some spotted a hint of gender bias even in this premature jubilation.

@saxenavishakha What hurts more is to see #AbinavBindra's name in it. Even if its a silver medal or any really, let it be #SindhusThunder!

— Jigar (@RajpuraJigar) August 19, 2016

Exactly as #SindhuForGold trended, Twitter had to observe some control, while NDTV went Crtl, ALt, Del - for obvious reasons.

@saxenavishakha They wanted to give this news before Modi tweets.. ????????

— Rohan K (@number1critiic) August 19, 2016

Let's say NDTV missed being right by a sliver, as Sindhu bagged the silver!

@saxenavishakha @sagarcasm hahaha 3rd set: XX-XX

— GD (@thegagandeep) August 19, 2016

@saxenavishakha @ndtv what?? R they fixing olympics matches now ????

— Amit (@aksnyc) August 19, 2016

For all those who thought #ndtv was anti-national etc. https://t.co/3FAACjNOl6

— Dhrubo Jyoti (@dhrubo127) August 19, 2016

#NDTV Jinxed it ! :| #PVSindhu https://t.co/QZYmYvGwRV

— nilesh_mahajan (@nilesh_mahajan) August 19, 2016

Does the N of #NDTV stand for Nostradamus ????? pic.twitter.com/okPAHWhAyx

— Sanjoy Ghosh (@JoyTheHorrible) August 19, 2016