Player solidarity will be given a searching test when Australia’s Indian Premier League representatives meet with their union on Tuesday to digest a report into security for the event.

Test opener Simon Katich said discussions would be more vexing than on occasions when Australian tours have been cancelled, given that players will have differing views on whether to forego their lucrative individual deals and stay at home.

Those who do not want to travel will be understandably keen for the rest to follow suit, as presenting a united front will make the situation more difficult for IPL organisers to ignore – possibly forcing a venue change.

“It’s going to be a big decision because obviously there’s going to be guys that might think it is fine to go and others that probably don’t,” Katich said on Monday.

“But tomorrow we’ll find out for sure where everyone stands.

“It’s hard to say (what they will decide) at this point, and it’s hard to say what the other countries are going to decide as well.

“We always as players trust the security advice we’re given. In the past we’ve not gone on tours like Pakistan, and if there’s issues with India … we’ll find out tomorrow the full extent when the meeting is held in Sydney.”

The report, compiled by widely respected consultant Reg Dickason, is believed to recommend overseas players should not journey to India for the competition, regarded as too diffuse to guarantee safety following threats to athletes by an Al-Qaeda affiliated terrorist group.

Dickason has forwarded his findings to the Australian Cricketers Association, and its chief executive Paul Marsh is scheduled to discuss it with Australian IPL players in Sydney at 3pm AEDT Tuesday before the Twenty20 international against the West Indies.

Katich did not think any decision to withdraw from the IPL would have a flow-on effect for events later in the year, citing the example of the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks as proof that the climate will change with time.

“It always changes, the Champions League in 2008 got cancelled because of what happened in Mumbai and then 2009 we were able to go,” he said.

“So it does change throughout the year depending on what advice we’re given and what level of threat there is.”

Marsh has said the IPL, taking in multiple cities and players travelling with numerous teams rather than in their national sides, is a more difficult event to secure than a more concentrated format like the Commonwealth Games.

“One thing we need to be clear about is that there’s quite a large difference between the IPL and and an Olympics or Commonwealth Games,” Marsh said last week.

“An event like the IPL is much harder to secure.”

© AAP 2012

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