A poll conducted by International Cricket Council (ICC) on their Twitter page sent the social media users in India and Pakistan into a frenzy as the former Men in Green captain and current Prime Minister Imran Khan beat Indian skipper Virat Kohli by the barest of margins.

The aforementioned poll asked the Twitter users to choose the best captain among Khan, Kohli, South Africa's Ab de Villiers and Australia's Meg Lanning.

“You decide which of these ‘pacesetters’ were the best among these geniuses!” tweeted ICC.

536, 346 votes users casted their vote, which the former Pakistan captain won by bagging 47.3 per cent of the votes. Kohli gave Khan a tough competition till the poll closed, as he ended up with 46.2 per cent of the votes. De Villiers came third in the poll with six per cent votes, followed by Lanning, who could only muster 0.5 per cent of the votes.

After Khan won the poll, his fans were overjoyed and celebrated by tweeting using the hashtag #PakistanShocksIndia, which ended up being the top trend in Pakistan on Twitter, followed by #ImranKhan and #Kaptaan.

Even ministers from the Prime Minister’s party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), couldn’t hold back and joined in on the fun.

Meanwhile, the Indian Twitter users were not too happy with the result and accused the poll of being rigged.