Gautam Gambhir fans slam BCCI as Shikhar Dhawan replaces Murali Vijay for Sri Lanka tour

Courtesy: PTI

New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has picked opener Shikhar Dhawan to replace injured Murali Vijay for the upcoming three-match Test series between India and Sri Lanka.

Vijay, who had suffered a wrist and shoulder injury during Australia’s tour of India, was initially picked in India’s squad against Sri Lanka, where they play three Tests, five ODIs and one T20I.

However, after enduring an injury, he was replaced by Dhawan for the Test series. The BCCI medical team advised Vijay to continue his rehabilitation program after he complained of pain in his right wrist after a preparatory match.

The news definitely did not go well with Gautam Gambhir's fans as they slammed the BCCI on Twitter for not picking the Kolkata Knight Riders skipper.

Here is how Twitter reacted to the selection call:

That moment when Gambhir heard the news that Shikhar Dhawan is going to replace injured Murali Vijay for SL tour.#ShikharDhawan pic.twitter.com/Zy53rEtxwd — Boring... (@graphicalcomic) July 17, 2017

@BCCI can u explain this
GAUTAM GAMBHIR is far better than shikhar dhawan in first class cricket pic.twitter.com/J0Je39y2mo — nitish sharma (@nitishsharma812) July 17, 2017

Well done @BCCI
Again you prove performance is no more criteria for selection thank u for biased again
We want GAUTAM GAMBHIR pic.twitter.com/KR6olES6U8 — nitish sharma (@nitishsharma812) July 17, 2017

Gambhir( attitude aside) has been best domestic opener by far but dhawan got chances even off form for 2 years. Reason? Kohli! — ReMunTaDa (@ticklishabhi) June 20, 2017

@BCCI calls for the inclusion of @GautamGambhir and ouster of Shikar Dhawan. Any day Gambhir is better. — Arvind Verma (@arvindvermaa) June 19, 2017

We really need a hero like gautam gambhir who cn peform in final .not like dhawan who cn peform only in league mathces — Rahul Gupta (@rahul199776) June 19, 2017

Say one more time that Shikhar Dhawan is better than Gambhir... pic.twitter.com/5aznjgHV9p — Monty (@SudiptoDas1993) June 18, 2017

No hopes of Gambhir making it back to the national side now. Played,Dhawan! — Devvrat Unadkat (@DevvratUnadkat) June 15, 2017

Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul, who has not played since the Australia Test series because of injury, also found a place in the squad.

India will begin the tour by playing a two-day practice game in Colombo on July 21. The first Test begins on July 26 and will be played in Galle, which will be followed by matches in Colombo on August 3 and Pallekele on August 12.