Australian superstar Pat Cummins revealed he is hoping to return to the Indian Premier League with the Sunrisers Hyderabad at the back-end of the tournament.
India's T20 World Cup winner Ishan Kishan is set to captain Sunrisers Hyderabad at the start of IPL as Australia skipper Pat Cummins continues to work his way back from injury.
Nathan Ellis will be looking to step up for Australia at the T20 World Cup in his role as the senior fast bowler in the absence of Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins.
Australia fast bowler Pat Cummins admits he "ran out of time" to be fully fit for the T20 World Cup that kicks off on 7 February.
Australia suffered a blow ahead of the T20 World Cup after Pat Cummins was ruled out of the global tournament due to his back injury.
Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon have will miss out on the Boxing Day Ashes Test against England as Australia made two injury-enforced changes to their squad.