India, June 6 -- There is life in the old dog yet! Suryakumar Yadav proved that just a day after losing his T20I captaincy and a place in the Indian team.

On Saturday evening, Surya and Shreyas Iyer, the man who replaced him as India T20I captain on Friday, were facing each other in the Mumbai T20 league. Surya was playing for Triumph Knights while Iyer was representing SoBo Mumbai Falcons.

Surya, it appears, was out there to make a point. He made 48 runs off just 24 balls, and some of the shots he played were simply breathtaking. The Surya of old was on display, to all intents and purposes. In the third-wicket 50-plus partnership with Nutan, he did the bulk of the scoring. He well and truly deserved a fifty; however, it wasn't to be. ...