India, June 7 -- Rohit Sharma, the former India all-format captain, reacted to Suryakumar Yadav being removed as the T20I skipper, saying nothing has ever "come easy" for the right-handed batter. On Saturday afternoon, the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee made it official, replacing Suryakumar with Shreyas Iyer as the T20I captain. The 35-year-old faced the axe despite having won the T20 World Cup just a few months earlier, and even lost his place in the squads for the upcoming series against Ireland and England, as well as the Asian Games.

Agarkar said that Suryakumar lost his place partly due to his form, and the second reason was that the committee wanted to build something fresh for the Los Angeles Olympics and the T20 World Cup ...