India’s cricket captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, believes the Indian Premier League has helped his players find form ahead of their World Twenty20 title defence. India won the inaugural World Twenty20 two years ago in South Africa and Dhoni thinks his side, helped by their IPL experience, have a great chance of repeating that success.

He said: “Here we have plenty of options and we have the cream of the IPL so there is less pressure on each and every individual.