"He Was Picked But Not Raina": Vijay Shankar Trolled After Flopping vs Rajasthan Royals

IPL 2022: Gujarat Titans all-rounder Vijay Shankar was trolled following a poor show with the bat against Rajasthan Royals.

Gujarat Titans all-rounder Vijay Shankar returned to the team for their win against Rajasthan Royals on Thursday, but was not able to make an impact as he was dismissed for just 2 off 7 deliveries. He found himself trending on Twitter, but for all the wrong reasons, as fans took to the microblogging site to troll him. While some asked how he was picked up in the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction but not a veteran like Suresh Raina, others suggested that he should only be warming the benches in the cash-rich league. I used to think Vijay Shankar is not a player worthy of Indian team but I was wrong cause to be honest he should not even warm benches in franchise cricket..pathetic cricketer...and to think the likes of @bhogleharsha hyped him up for scoring 40 odd runs in a match for India Me trying to understand how Vijay Shankar was picked by a franchise but not Raina #RRvGT #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/7pTjnu6nrC Vijay Shankar was picked by a franchise but not Raina #RRvsGT pic.twitter.com/4UjPNM3k8n Vijay Shankar's only contribution to cricket is helping make a legend out of Dinesh Karthik in the Nidahas Trophy final.#IPL2022 Vijay Shankar's wicket getting celebrated is his biggest achievement Dropping Sai Sudarshan For 3D Vijay Shankar Anna ???? What a Move by Gujarat Titans #IPL2022 #GTvRR pic.twitter.com/cDCaBE43uF Since RR are weakened without Boult, it is really nice to GT to even out the playing field by handicapping themselves with playing Vijay Shankar.#RRvsGT vijay shankar in every match play only 3 or 4 balls and then:- @tanay_chawda1 pic.twitter.com/ncXFye18zt The number of chances that Vijay Shankar gets is way too many!

"I used to think Vijay Shankar is not a player worthy of Indian team but I was wrong cause to be honest he should not even warm benches in franchise cricket," one user wrote.

"Vijay Shankar was picked by a franchise but not Raina," another user added.

"Vijay Shankar's only contribution to cricket is helping make a legend out of Dinesh Karthik in the Nidahas Trophy final," one user chipped in.

"Vijay Shankar's wicket getting celebrated is his biggest achievement," one user commented.