India, Oct. 6 -- Suryakumar Yadav was available for selection for Mumbai's opening Ranji Trophy fixture against Chandigarh, but the selection committee overlooked the experienced batter, raising a lot of eyebrows. The T20 World Cup-winning captain, who finds himself out of favour when it comes to the national setup, had skipped the pre-season training routines for Mumbai, and this has emerged as the main reason behind his exclusion from the squad. Sources within the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) confirmed to HT Digital that the selectors wanted to give youngsters a chance and that picking Suryakumar would have left a young batter hard done by.

The MCA had organised a training camp for the Mumbai players towards the end of June at the ...