India, June 8 -- Former chief selector MSK Prasad has refused to believe that Suryakumar Yadav, who led India to its third T20 World Cup title just three months ago, has been axed from the T20I set-up. The 35-year-old was not named in any of the squads for India's three upcoming T20I assignments - the tours of Ireland and England, followed by the Asian Games.

Suryakumar lost both his place in the XI and the captaincy to Shreyas Iyer for the three assignments. But Prasad refused to buy into the narrative that Saturday's squad announcement marked the end of the road for the India batter. Speaking to PTI, he said Suryakumar had merely been rested, much like Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya.

"You don't drop your World Cup-winning captain li...