Virat Kohli in action for RCB in the IPL (Twitter - @IPL)
Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant will be under scrutiny on their return to action as the Indian Premier League begins on Friday, with the T20 World Cup hot on its heels.
The 17th edition of the world's richest cricket league is expected to end close to the 1 June start of the World Cup in the West Indies and United States.
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