India's cricket board says the conditional World Cup contracts its players have signed, objecting to sponsorship clauses, cannot prevent them from playing in the tournament.

The contract forms, signed on Friday, will be forwarded to the International Cricket Council (ICC) before the 14 January deadline.

Indian cricket board President Jagmohan Dalmiya confirmed reports that the players had put riders on sponsorship issues, which they have consistently protested against.

And he says the ICC are now unable to prevent India's top players competing in the World Cup.

"There is no clause to prevent the team from participating if it has signed the players termsmconditionally," Dalmiya said.

The ICC is refusing to comment on India's latest move in a long-running stand-off until it physically receives the contracts, fully signed or not.

Several high-profile Indian players enjoy lucrative sponsorship contracts worth many times the salaries they earn from playing.

World Cup contracts ban players from endorsing products that rival the ICC's official sponsors, from now until five days after the tournament ends in late March.