The likes of Joe Root, Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes, however, do not buy into Strauss's vision due to their commitment to their Test careers

He also pointed out that 38 of the 44 players involved in this year's World Cup semi-finals had IPL experience

England director of cricket Andrew Strauss has encouraged players to head to the Indian Premier League next year

England's leading players are to snub the chance to head to the Indian Premier League next year despite Andrew Strauss encouraging them to do so.

Joe Root, Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes, arguably the three most attractive English lots, will not be putting their names into any 2016 auction due to their commitment to their Test careers.

Last month Strauss, the director of England cricket, indicated a sea change by extolling the virtues of players experiencing big Twenty20 tournaments such as the IPL and Australia's Big Bash League, saying 'hard decisions' had to be made after years of restrictions being placed on centrally-contracted cricketers.

England batsman Joe Root plays a shot during the T20 match against Pakistan in Dubai last month

Jos Buttler is among several England stars likely to snub the chance to play in the Indian Premier League

Andrew Strauss, pictured with ECB chairman Colin Graves (right), wanted players to gain IPL experience

Strauss, desperate to increase the profile of England's limited-overs cricket after decades of treating it as the poor relation, cited the fact that 38 of the 44 players involved in this year's World Cup semi-finals had IPL experience.

In contrast, England's representation from the squads that defeated Pakistan in both Twenty20 and one-day international series recently was limited to captain Eoin Morgan.

However, despite acknowledging the need to modernise thinking, Root will use the weeks that immediately follow the World Twenty20 in India as downtime before preparing for the start of the international summer.

As the one current automatic pick across all three formats, the 24-year-old Test vice-captain gets few rest periods and has to manage his troublesome back.

Although Strauss has encouraged wicketkeeper-batsman Buttler, whose scintillating England record 46-ball hundred against the Pakistanis in Dubai would no doubt have drawn admiring glances from Indian franchise owners, to test himself in the highest 20-over company, it appears his focus is on regaining his place in the Test team after losing the gloves to Yorkshire's Jonny Bairstow.

Root (pictured) and other England players do not want to join the IPL owing to their Test preferences

Stokes is also understood to want to establish himself in the most traditional form of the game, having only regained his place in the team eight months ago.

England's first Test against Sri Lanka at Headingley starts on May 19, six weeks after the World Twenty20 final at Eden Gardens.

It leaves the likes of Alex Hales, Jason Roy and David Willey as the most viable individuals to join Morgan at IPL franchises as and when organisers clarify the process for the recruitment of new players for the April 8-May 29 tournament.