Racists troll BBL star Dan Christian after he told PM to 'read the room' on Aus Day

Racist trolls have targeted Indigenous cricket star Dan Christian after he called out Prime Minister for his comments on Cricket Australia's stance on Australia Day.

The cricketer posted screen shots of the messages to his Instagram account which has more than 30,000 followers.

One message he posted was from someone called Josh - who told Christian to sell his sporting equipment "for a boomerang and hunt some kangaroos".

In response Christian wrote: "Josh seems nice."

Another troll then sent Christian a private message supporting Josh's comments.

"Without them (first fleet) you wouldn't even been alive Mr. HalfCast."

Christian captioned that one with: "Jim is lovely guy too."

The vile reaction was in response to Christian's tweet - where he told Scott Morrison to "read the room" – last week.

"There'll be millions of kids watching our BBL games on the 26th January, and they'll seen us taking a knee against racism, and promoting inclusion for all. Take note," Christian said.

The cricketer also hit back at Liberal-National Party senator Gerard Rennick, who had labelled the Sydney Sixers star as a "self-entitled, privileged, professional sportsman with a persecution complex". Rennick also directed Christian to the Federal Budget, saying "billions are spent assisting Aboriginals each year".

Christian responded: "Morning Senator. I don't need to read the budget, that's above my pay grade. I'm purely supporting Cricket Australia's stance to change the date to a day that isn't the anniversary of the beginning of the attempted genocide of our First Nations' People. That's all champ. Enjoy your day."

South Sydney Rabbitohs star Latrell Mitchell also rallied behind Christian on his Instagram page.

"I stand with Cricket Australia," wrote Mitchell. "Such a positive step."