Pat Cummins eyes IPL comeback after being ruled out of Champions Trophy 2025

It has been a while since Australian skipper Pat Cummins was last seen in action, way back during the Border-Gavaskar trophy where he led his team to glory during the 5-match Test series against India. After that, the 31-year-old missed out the Test and ODI series against Sri Lanka and has also been ruled out of the Champions Trophy 2025 action. However, Cummins has now shared an update on his injury and a possible date for his comeback.

Pat Cummins opens up on his plans to make a comeback

The Australian skipper is set to cheer his team in the Champions Trophy from a Sydney craft brewery he owns a stake at during the opening clash for Australia in the prestigious ICC tournament against England. Cummins, who is also an Amazon Prime Video ambassador, told cric.com.au about his plans to return back to the field after his ankle injury.

“That’s the aim, It’s four overs in T20s. So physically it’s quite a nice build up for the World Test Championship final, and then the Test matches after that. That’s the aim at this stage – start bowling over the next week or so, building up, and should be right for IPL. It’s probably just making sure you’re still bowling quite a few balls (during the IPL). The good thing about a T20 tournament is the intensity is really high, so that obviously helps quite a bit,” Cummins said.

Cummins is part of the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and has been a key component for the franchise over the years. The 31-year-old was first part of the IPL during the 2014 season and has since then played a total of 58 matches for different franchises in which he has clinched 63 wickets with an economy rate of 8.75.

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A busy summer for Cummins ahead

The Australian skipper is hopeful that his ankle will be in fine shape in the near future particularly considering the fact that it is going to be a long and arduous summer of cricket for the Australian pacer. Cummins is expected to make a comeback and lead the Australian side during the World Test Championship (WTC) finals against South Africa on June 11 at the Lord’s following which the Australian team is set to tour the Caribbean for a 3-match Test series in July. Cummins additionally provided an update on his recovery and rehabilitation.

“The ankle is starting to come good. It’s a funny one – it’s not like a hamstring where you need six weeks (to recover). It’s one of those ones where it really just needs a bit (more) rest to settle down. I’ve been doing loads of rehab in the gym and trying to build back up slowly. Especially for a fast bowler, you’ve got to kind of step towards things. Once you have a bit of time off, you’ve got to start running again, and then you got to start bowling, and start building up. So we just ran out of time for Pakistan,” Cummins further remarked.

The Australian skipper was the star-performer for his team during their 1-3 series win over India to lay their hands on the coveted Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time in a decade. Cummins was not only the leader of the squad that dominated the visitors but also took 25 wickets in the series and was the second highest wicket-taker only behind Jasprit Bumrah.

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