A rearranged Indian Premier League season could overlap with England's tour of India later this year.
The IPL recently indefinitely postponed its 2020 tournament due to the coronavirus pandemic but one of the options being explored is holding a truncated version of world cricket's most lucrative domestic competition in September either in India or Dubai.
Sportsmail understands that while the ECB have not been involved directly in talks with the Board of Control for Cricket in India they are aware of the various contingencies being drawn up.
That also include holding a full-scale IPL if the Twenty20 World Cup is moved from its October-November slot into the first quarter of 2021.