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Xtra Time Web Desk: England white ball opener Jonny Bairstow feels the upcoming IPL will put the players in a "good frame of mind" going into the T20 World Cup as they will play in conditions similar to the ICC event in India later this year.

Bairstow, who is currently involved in the ongoing ODI series against India, will turn up for Sunrisers Hyderabad when the IPL gets underway on April 9.

"It will be a great opportunity to play at different grounds that we could potentially be playing in the T20 World Cup. Also to see how different teams will go about bowling in those conditions," Bairstow said during a virtual press conference on Wednesday.

"Because, naturally with the dimension of the grounds and also wickets, it varies how attacks go about defending totals and batsmen go about setting them, so it will be an interesting competition."

Sunrisers Hyderabad will open their campaign against Kolkata Knight Riders in Chennai on April 11.

"Obviously playing over here, it was a new ground, it was a lot of learning but the games that we have got in IPL will be in Chennai. However, the acclimatisation in India, whether it would be to the conditions or weather or in general will hopefully help," he said.

"But nothing can be taken for guaranteed, we know the quality of the competition, and quality of the opposition...

"... to be a part of the IPL, if you can come and do well in that hopefully then leading up to the World Cup, can only put in a good frame of mind because we have quite a few players playing in that," concluded Bairstow.