India's turn to dominate cricket?

Oliver Brett wonders in the BBC whether India can be the new world-beaters in cricket, like the West Indians of the 1980s and the Australians over the past two decades. He says the hectic schedule could be one of the things that could hold India back.

So how do India's finest players prepare for the important tours of West Indies, England and Australia that lie in wait for them later this year (plus a home series in November against West Indies?) Oh yes. The Indian Premier League starts on Friday. That's right, this Friday... and goes on until 28 May.

With two new franchises, Pune and Kochi, and 74 matches squeezed into less than two months, players will have to suffer a stressful regime of practice-match-hotel-flight (repeat ad nauseam) week-in, week-out.