Bailey backs busy Aussies to have IPL hit

Test star David Warner will sit out Australia's five-match Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka. (AAP)

Signs of Australia's schedule squeeze are already showing but chairman of selectors George Bailey knows the answer isn't asking players to sit out the lucrative IPL.

David Warner and Mitch Marsh, arguably Australia's two most important match-winners in last year's Twenty20 World Cup triumph, have been rested from next month's T20 series against Sri Lanka.