There was a lot riding on Suryakumar Yadav even before he set his foot on the lush green turf in Cuttack to take on Madhya Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy semi-final.

Mumbai batsman Suryakumar Yadav. File pic

The former Mumbai skipper created a stir with a critical tweet on team selection, ruing opener Jay Bista's exclusion for the semis. Mumbai's chief selector Milind Rege hit back at Yadav with a tongue-in-cheek remark after Bista's match-winning ton in the Mumbai U-23 quarter-final win over Baroda.