India have 'game-ready' players for T20WC – Virat Kohli

"T20 is something we don't have any problems in picking players," said Kohli, on the eve of the first Twenty20 International against Sri Lanka, on Saturday, 4 January. "Because you have the IPL, at a very competitive level, guys have been performing season after season".

Kohli added that because of the IPL, most of the India players from the current set-up have played a lot of T20 cricket and have developed their skills to match the standards at a very competitive level.

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"All the players you see are probably the most important Indian players in their team in the IPL, who feature for the franchises in every game. So, from that point of view, it's about figuring out which player can fit in at what time and what's the strongest combination you can take to the World Cup.

"And everyone's game-ready, which is the most important thing and the biggest plus of having a squad like this with guys who have played a lot of T20 cricket, as I said, at a very competitive level."

The India captain said that all the T20I series ahead of the 20-over mega event, which starts in October, are going to be about identifying "fearless match-winners".

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"The next few series will be very exciting to see [as to] who stands up under pressure situations and how they react to pressure when maybe Rohit or maybe myself, or KL or Shikhar at the top haven't fired.

"Those things will be interesting to find out because we need guys who are ready till 6 and 7 to win games. It can't be dependent on two guys or three guys to win; that's not how you win ICC tournaments. So, that's our main focus to reveal situations to guys and expect them to come into their own and become those fearless match-winners that we should have going into a big tournament."

India's first T20I assignment in 2020 is a three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka which starts on Sunday, 5 January.