IPL 2025: Sunrisers Hyderabad Skipper Pat Cummins Sends Strong Message To Other Franchises With Big Update On His Injury

The start of 2025 hasn't been so great for Australia's ODI and Test skipper Pat Cummins. Even though he displayed a quality performance in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India but following that he suffered a knee injury which forced him out of the ongoing Champions Trophy 2025.  

Cummins somehow managed to play the entire Border-Gavaskar Trophy series and helped the Aussies clinch the prestigious trophy after a decade. The 31-year-old Aussie all-rounder's upcoming challenge will be to get fit before the World Test Championship (WTC) final against South Africa which will be played at the iconic Lord's Stadium on June 11, 2025. Apart from his national duties, Cummins also showed his eagerness to get fully fit before the Indian Premier League ( IPL ) 2025 and play for the Sunrisers Hyderabad .

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Pat Cummins Provides Fitness Update Ahead Of IPL 2025 And WTC 2023-25 Final

While speaking to ESPNcricinfo, Cummins said that he has been recovering slowly after a "good rest". The Hyderabad-based franchise skipper also hoped to be fine before the 2025 season of the cash-rich tournament.

"The ankle is all going strong, [have been] able to give it a good rest and then been building up slowly, which you don't get to do when you play lots of cricket. It's feeling as strong as it has for a fair while. Should be fine [for the IPL], that's the plan. So have a few weeks of bowling, building back up and then hopefully don't have to worry about it for a while," Cummins was quoted by ESPNcricinfo. The 31-year-old revealed that he opted to never have a surgery to recover quickly, instead he has been going for rehab a lot more.

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"It's something that we've opted never to have surgery on or intervene too much, just a lot to rehab. Having this break meant that I could get a couple of cortisones and really rehab it well the last couple of weeks," he added. Cummins also claimed that sometimes missing "odd tour" helps one to play more cricket in a whole year.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Eye Their Second IPL Trophy

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The Sunrisers will kick off their 2025 season against Rajasthan Royals (RR) on March 23 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium. In the previous season of the IPL, Sunrisers Hyderabad had a great run, however, their dream of holding the silverware was crushed after a eight-wicket defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the summit clash. The SRH outfit last won and IPL title in 2016 and this time around, they'll be raring to go and add another trophy to their cabinet.