As the Indian Premier League carnival prepares to hit the South African shores, Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has warned his players against letting the cash-rich tournament cloud their minds during the ODI series against the Proteas.

Australia and South Africa play a five-match ODI series starting today till April 17 and the IPL starts April 18. Ponting said any player who gets distracted by the IPL would not be able to do well.