While Deepak made his T20 debut for India last year against England in July, Rahul may get a chance to prove himself in the three-match T20I series against India.
Opting to field, all the six Indian bowlers got at least a wicket apiece with Saini returning with figures of 3/17 in his debut match.
India skipper can overtake Rohit to become the holder of the record for most runs in the format.
Rohit Sharma already holds the record for being the highest run-scorer in T20Is with 2331 runs from 94 T20Is.
India conducted some fitness drills and played football as they prepare themselves for the West Indies, who have named a strong T20I squad.
With Pollard, Narine and skipper Carlos Brathwaite in the mix, West Indies would certainly start as favourites after some intense training sessions at the Broward County Stadium.
Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma were seen clicking pictures in a cafe in Miami, where India will play the first two T20Is of the three-match series against West Indies.
Ajinkya Rahane's batting average has dropped alarmingly over the last two seasons in Tests but Virat Kohli backed the Team India vice-captain to come good against West Indies.
Deepak and Rahul Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey and Washington Sundar are a mixture of new and old faces to have been included in the squad for the limited-overs format.
India will play two Tests during the tour of West Indies and those will be part of the championship.
India coach Ravi Shastri has rubbished the rumours of a rift between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma as nonsense. He said: "I have been part of the dressing room and none of that nonsense is there."
The Indian coaching staff, currently led by Shastri, was given a 45-day extension after their contract expired at the end of the 2019 World Cup in England.
Speaking to the media ahead of the Indian team's departure to the West Indies, Virat Kohli dismissed speculations of a rift with Rohit Sharma calling the reports ridiculous and baffling lies.
India will play three T20s, as many ODIs and two Tests in their upcoming tour of West Indies, starting August 3 in Florida, United States.
In the recently concluded World Cup held in England and Wales, Bhuvneshwar returned with figures of 10 wickets from six matches at an economy of 5.20.
India will start their campaign against the West Indies in the two-match series and will play a total of 18 Tests during the period of time.
Ahead of the England series in March, Gayle had said that he planned to retire following the ODI World Cup but he changed his mind during the tournament and has made himself available for this series.
Ganguly took to Twitter to express his disappointment with the squad selection for the Windies tour, but Vinod Kambli strongly disagreed with the former captain.
Sachin Tendulkar's famous jersey No.10 has already been "unofficially retired" by the BCCI from white-ball cricket after pacer Shardul Thakur wore it briefly and was heavily trolled on social media.
Gill missed his place in India's squad for Windies tour despite scoring 218 runs against West Indies A at an average of 54.50 and also won the Player of the Tournament trophy.
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