# Suryakumar Yadav vows to break door down for India comeback _The Mumbai captain returned to domestic cricket with an unbeaten 60 off 21 balls against Hyderabad in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy._ - Publisher: Apex Sports News (https://apexsportsnews.in) - Canonical URL: https://apexsportsnews.in/news/suryakumar-yadav-vows-to-break-door-down-for-india-comeback - Author: Sapna Pandey, Sports writer (https://apexsportsnews.in/author/sapna-pandey) - Published: 2026-11-14T17:47:10.817Z - Section: Cricket > International - Topics: India, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Suryakumar Yadav ## Summary Suryakumar Yadav says he is disappointed at losing his India T20I place and wants to play for the country again. He hit six fours and five sixes as Mumbai chased down 173 with 41 balls to spare. ## Key takeaways - Suryakumar Yadav scored an unbeaten 60 off 21 balls for Mumbai against Hyderabad. - Mumbai chased down 173 with 41 balls to spare and seven wickets in hand. - National selector SS Das watched the match at the ground. - Yadav said his hunger to play for India is back and he wants to knock down the selectors' door. - He last played for India after winning the T20 World Cup and missed selection earlier this year. ## Article Suryakumar Yadav announced his return to domestic cricket with an unbeaten 60 off 21 balls against Hyderabad in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy opener. India Today reported that the Mumbai captain admitted his exclusion from India's T20I plans had hurt him and vowed to fight his way back into the national team. 71 at the Jadavpur University Campus 2nd Ground in Kolkata. Mumbai chased down 173 with 41 balls to spare and seven wickets in hand. ESPNcricinfo said Yadav batted at No. 4 and came in during the eighth over. In the next over he smoked two fours and two sixes against legspinner Ved Reddy and he followed it with three more sixes and a four off left-arm spinner Pranav Varma in the 10th over. He'd brought up a 15-ball half-century in the blink of an eye. Yadav last played for India in May during the IPL, after winning the T20 World Cup at home. ESPNcricinfo said he was left out of the T20I side earlier this year and national selector SS Das was watching at the ground. The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is India's domestic T20 competition. "After winning the \[T20\] World Cup you naturally think that you will play in India's next series after the IPL," Suryakumar said after the game in Kolkata. "It's not easy to win an ICC event, especially at home, which nobody has done in the past. It felt great to win that tournament. But the selectors must have thought of something to decide \[to change captaincy\]. But I was definitely disappointed. If you're not sad after such things how will you turn it into passion? The same hunger that I had to play for India is back now. " "My intent is clear - to make a comeback," he said. "When you have that target in mind to play for India, you work in one direction and bat in a disciplined way. I have worked on a lot of things from my mental game to the skills." "It's not about giving a statement," he said. "You can see how the T20 game is changing. Till 2024 the game was slightly different and then from 2024 to 2026 we played a different brand of cricket where 190-220 was being scored and sometimes 250 as well. But now in every game you see 225, 230 and 240 being scored. The openers give a great start in the powerplay, like today we scored 75-80 \[79\] runs in the first six overs. But after that also you need to score at a si","Mumbai will continue its Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy campaign after the tournament opener. The sources do not give the date, venue or start time of the next match. ### Related on Apex Sports News - [Ravindra and Conway named in New Zealand squad for India Tests](https://apexsportsnews.in/news/ravindra-and-conway-named-in-new-zealand-squad-for-india-tests) - [India U19 face Pakistan U19 in Asia Cup final at Al Amerat](https://apexsportsnews.in/news/india-u19-face-pakistan-u19-in-asia-cup-final-at-al-amerat) - [India U19 vs Afghanistan U19 Asia Cup semi-final preview](https://apexsportsnews.in/news/india-u19-vs-afghanistan-u19-asia-cup-semi-final-preview) ### Sources - [India Today](https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/suryakumar-yadav-india-comeback-mumbai-syed-mushtaq-ali-trophy-3039154-2026-11-14) - [ESPNcricinfo](https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1562646.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS) --- Source: Apex Sports News, https://apexsportsnews.in/news/suryakumar-yadav-vows-to-break-door-down-for-india-comeback. Please cite and link the original article when quoting.