KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli shined with the bat as India beat West Indies by 67 runs at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

KL Rahul played an important innings of 62 during the first T20I against West Indies in Hyderabad.

He faced a suspension at the start of the year, lost his Test spot midway, but as December approached, Rahul embraced a new-found direction to prove his worth and spot in the Indian lineup for World T20 2020.

Rahul, who was promoted as an opener in the absence of injured Shikhar Dhawan, grasped the chance with both hands by scoring a 40-ball 62

Targeting 208, KL Rahul struck an impressive 62 off 40 balls before Kohli stamped his authority with his career-best knock of 94 runs as India reached the target with eight balls remaining

In 2019, Shikhar Dhawan has not been at his best and has scored 272 runs in the 12 T20Is he played for India.

After a decent campaign against Bangladesh, Rahul continued with his form in T20s, amassing 313 runs in eight matches in Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament at an average of 52.16 and strike rate of 155.72.

India will continue their preparations for the T20 World Cup in Australia and many players, whose places are not yet secure, will try to impress the team management and selectors with their performances against the West Indies.

Virat Kohli took to Twitter and share a photo with teammates KL Rahul and Shivam Dube en route Hyderabad.

KL Rahul's unbeaten 84 helped Karnataka cruise to a seven-wicket win over Punjab in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

In the challenge, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul were asked to compete for 30 seconds and whosoever performs the maximum number of times would win it.

While Virat Kohli's workload will be a talking point, Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson are both expected to be named in the squad for the T20I series against Bangladesh.

While Karnataka cruised to an eight-wicket victory over Puducherry is one of the quarter-finals, Delhi lost by six wickets to Gujarat via VJD Method in another last-eight clash.

Kumble, who has recently been appointed as the head coach of IPL franchise Kings XI Punjab for the impending IPL season next year, reckons that out-of-favour Test batsman Rahul is still a good T20I batsman and that he wants him to notch up match-winning performances in the format.

  "Happy birthday you fool, always got your back. Happiness, love and some brain cells this year," wrote Rahul on Instagram while also sharing a picture of the two. 

Rahul is currently playing for Karnataka in the Vijay Hazare Trophy and has been in good form, hitting a century and a half-century in his four innings so far.

Rahul and Bumrah are not part of the Indian squad currently participating in the three-match Test series against South Africa. While Bumrah has been ruled out because of a stress fracture, Rahul has been excluded from the squad owing to his poor form in the longer format.

KL Rahul scored an impressive century for Karnataka in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy game against Kerala.

The Vijay Hazare Trophy kickstarts today as a number of Team India regulars, including Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Yuzvendra Chahal will be in action.

Iyer was preferred over Rahul in the three ODIs against the West Indies and he grabbed the opportunity with both hands by scoring two half-centuries in the two games he played.