While Shami's workload definitely needs to be monitored, Rahul will be more than happy to play as many games as possible.

KL Rahul represented Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2016 and scored 397 runs from 14 games for the Virat Kohli-led side.

India have tried a number of players for the spot including Rishabh Pant, Vijay Shankar and Ambati Rayudu but all of them have failed at times under pressure.

Pandya and Rahul were in the eye of a massive storm following their sexist comments on 'Koffee With Karan' in January.

Pakistan (135) enjoy a 13-point lead over second-placed India (122) with England remaining at third place with 121 points.

Both Pandya and Rahul were sent home from the tour of Australia following their controversial remarks which triggered a massive controversy, leading to their provisional suspension.

Rahul and Pandya were provisionally suspended for their sexist remarks on a popular TV show but their suspension was eventually revoked pending an inquiry.

The Supreme Court had appointed its former judge DK Jain as the BCCI Ombudsman last month to resolve disputes.

India and Australia will look to fill the gaps when they take on each other in the five-match ODI series, starting on Saturday in Hyderabad.

KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Vijay Shankar and Siddharth Kaul will look to impress and earn a ticket to the World Cup in the series against Australia.

There were talks that IPL could be a possible shoot-out between Dinesh Karthik and Rishabh Pant for the second wicketkeeper's slot.

Afghanistan's Hazratullah Zazai has gained a whopping 31 slots to reach a career-best seventh position after aggregating 204 runs in the 3-0 series victory over Ireland.

Rahul hopes that it is a blessing in disguise that he courted controversy early in his international career.

KL Rahul returned to the Indian side with a 36-ball 50 but the middle-order and Umesh Yadav failed to grab their chances as India went down by 3 wickets in the first T20I against Australia at Vizag.

KL Rahul scored a 36-ball 50 in the first T20I against Australia at Visakhapatnam on Sunday.

Rahul returned to the side after he was controversially called back midway through the tour of Australia following his and all-rounder Hardik Pandya's loose talk on women in a TV show. 

Rahul and Easwaran continued to pick up runs easily as the England bowlers struggled in good batting conditions. The openers piled on the runs and took the score to 169 at the tea break. 

The team think-tank may consider giving former Test bowler Varun Aaron a go in this match given that the India selectors are looking at genuine quick bowlers with an aim to broaden the pool.

India 'A' came up with a strong reply to England Lions' first innings score of 340, courtesy Rahul and Priyank Panchal, who was unbeaten on 89. 

Many from the cricket fraternity extended their support to the former batsman and Rahul too joined the efforts.