India, May 13 -- As the Indian Premier League gets ready to return this weekend after a nine-day hiatus following a ceasefire agreement reached between India and Pakistan, most overseas players are likely to return for the remainder of the tournament.

While some players are understandably apprehensive about their return considering the hostilities between the nations, the rest have their tasks cut out to manage their national duties with West Indies tour of England clashing with the play-offs and the World Test Championship final between Australia and South Africa beginning on June 11.

All the ten teams have had to negotiate with their overseas players over their arrival plans for the league a day after the IPL announced the revised sch...