IPL injuries hurting India's World T20 chances?

With MS Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir and Yusuf Pathan all picking up injuries in the first week of the IPL, Partha Bhaduri asks in the Times of India whether the league is denting India's hopes of winning the World Twenty20 which starts next month?

Could the sheer intensity of IPL games derail India's World T20 prospects? Given the spate of injuries to players who are expected to play a key role in the West Indies starting from April 30 - New Zealand play Sri Lanka at Providence just five days after the IPL final - it might finally be time for some cricketers to take a call on how best to preserve their energies.

Sharda Ugra says the $20,000 fines handed to Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambir and Kumara Sangakkara during the IPL's first weekend is obscene because it flaunts the tournament's bloated self-image and complete detachment from proportion. Read her blog on the India Today website.

Could the IPL's slow-over rate actually just be a Prada bag in disguise? To be given to some really lucky woman (or rather the woman who thinks she is lucky to get one)?