India, Oct. 6 -- Suryakumar Yadav wants to play on. For India, for Mumbai. It's the default mechanism for players to react when dropped. Reconciling with the judgement of the selectors who think they have better alternatives to strengthen the team isn't easy.

Surya was surprised that the national selectors dropped him from the T20I squad after the T20 World Cup win in March. He thought he had another T20 World Cup in him. Perhaps, a shot at the Olympics too. He overlooked the sharp dip in his batting form, but the selectors didn't.

On Monday, the Mumbai selectors didn't pick Surya for their Ranji Trophy season opener against Chandigarh from October 11. This came as little surprise to those in the Mumbai cricket circles, but those close ...