Over the past few years, KL Rahul has emerged as one of the leading lights in Indian cricket with his consistent performances. One of the few all-format players remaining in the modern game, the batsman has ascended to the position of vice-captain after Virat Kohli called quits on his stint as captain of the national team. However, the top-order talisman has had to endure long periods of time on the bench owing to injuries, allowing players on the bench to wear the Indian colours and prove their mettle.

In the meanwhile, the likes of Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan and Rishabh Pant have all partnered with Rohit Sharma at the top of the order and performed relatively well. Yadav has been particularly impressive, smashing a match-winning 76 in the third T20I to take home the man of the match award. The question now raised is when Rahulultimately returns for the Asia Cup and the subsequent World T20, whose place will he usurp in the team and whether he will still be an automatic pick for the marquee events.

"With the fact that he's out injured and he's away from the team at the moment, it just means that other players are able to do what Suryakumar is doing, what Rishabh Pant is doing, getting in there, taking the chance scoring runs and really posing the selectors some questions saying, do we actually need KL Rahul? Is he going to be in good form when he comes back? He has missed a lot of cricket, a lot of question marks now present themselves just because he's been able to give other players that opportunity," added Styris.