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How much of a bearing is the Indian Premier League likely to have on the T20 World Cup that follows so soon after it?

As always seems to be the case, India’s stars are likely to be running on fumes if they make it to the business end of the global event in West Indies and the US.

There is less than a week between the IPL final on Sunday in Chennai and, umpteen time zones away, the World Cup opener.

India will get a little extra leeway to recover from the excesses of another marathon IPL, then the exhausting trip to North America.

And the likes of Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja will have a little bit of extra down time before then, if not by choice.

A number of the brightest stars of the India squad will be absent for the IPL play-offs, starting with Kolkata Knight Riders facing Sunrisers Hyderabad on Tuesday night.

But the most luminous of the lot will hope he has two more games to play before thinking about national duty.

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