South Africa captain Faf du Plessis said the workload of his players during IPL 2019 is a concern as the T20 tournament is scheduled to end right before the World Cup in England.

The IPL is scheduled to start at the end of March and finish around middle of May. That leaves South African players about two weeks to recover ahead of their World Cup opener against England on May 30.

“The obvious one for me is the IPL,” du Plessis said. “The IPL is just before the World Cup, and the last thing you want is one of your bowlers getting injured just before the tournament. That’s a concern for us, seeing how we can play that scenario out best.

“With Dale [Steyn], or KG [Rabada] or any other bowlers, in terms of workload, the World Cup is still quite a while away. Probably you’ll see that closer to the World Cup we’ll think about stuff like managing workloads.”

Pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada is set to play for Delhi Capitals in the IPL. Ahead of the second Test against Pakistan in Cape Town, Rabada admitted he has “been feeling a bit tired the past three months”.