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Agarwal Replaces Vijay, What About Rayudu?

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Cricket World Cup 2019: Mayank Agarwal Replaces Vijay Shankar

Ambati Rayudu
Ambati Rayudu

After Shikhar Dhawan, another Indian cricketer Vijay Shankar ruled out of the Cricket World Cup 2019. "Vijay sustained a non-displaced fracture of the left big toe, which will require a minimum of three weeks to heal. The injury rules him out of the ongoing World Cup," stated a BCCI media release.

Vijay was struck on his left foot by a Jasprit Bumrah yorker at training on June 20. Not perceived to be serious initially, Vijay was part of India's XI for the match against Afghanistan on June 22 and West Indies on June 27. However, the injury flared up on Friday, two days prior to the England game on Sunday.

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Recently, Rishabh Pant replaced Shikhar Dhawan and the young cricketer got the opportunity to play at 4th place in India Vs England match. Cricket lovers predicted Ambati Rayudu will replace Vijay Shankar. But, surprisingly, BCCI announced opener Mayank Agarwal’s name.

The selection of Agarwal, and not Ambati Rayudu, one of five stand-bys named earlier, is possibly a sign of him being looked at as the third opener. KL Rahul spent considerable time off the field during the England game after bruising his back while attempting a catch at the boundary. Deemed to be an external injury, he eventually returned to open the batting and was dismissed for a nine-ball duck.

Nonetheless, Twitterati is not happy with the decision and are trolling the selection team for selecting Mayank Agarwal over Ambati Rayudu. Here’s how Twitterati reacted:

* Rayudu now will have to invent 6D glasses to watch the #CWC19 after Vijay shankar gets replaced by someone else. @RayuduAmbati #VijayShankar

* The question to ask now is, how many dimensions does Mayank Agarwal offer this #TeamIndia??? Mind you, the question has nothing to do with the player himself. It is to the selectors that forced @RayuduAmbati to order a pair of 3D glasses!!! #VijayShankar might say, "my foot"

* @RayuduAmbati was the first Reserve option if any batsman got injured. Already two Batsmen has been Replaced but still no rayudu. Does that 3D tweet has something to do with it? @bhogleharsha thoughts? #VijayShankar

* The moment @RayuduAmbati tweeted about 3D glasses post his non selection, his international career was over. #RishabhPant got a chance and now #MayankAgarwal. #Learn @BCCI