Melbourne, Feb. 26 -- Australia skipper and right-arm seamer Pat Cummins has started bowling as he prepares himself for the upcoming 2025 edition of the Indian Premier League and World Test Championship (WTC) final against South Africa.

Cummins met with an ankle injury during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 against India. He was ruled out of the Champions Trophy 2025 but is optimistic about his fitness heading into a busy season.

"The ankle is all going strong, 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 th...