Melbourne, Feb. 21 -- Australian skipper Pat Cummins, missed his side's final ICC World Test Championship (WTC), a tour to Sri Lanka and the ICC Champions Trophy due to the birth of his second child and an ankle injury, is targeting a return to competitive cricket during the Indian Premier League (IPL) where he leads the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) franchise.

Cummins had been suffering due to an ankle issue sustained during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, where he bowled 167 overs, most by any bowler, to pick up 25 scalps.

Cummins, whose next biggest international assignment is the ICC WTC final against South Africa at Lord's from June 11 onwards, is confident that the upcoming IPL season, starting from March 22, will mark his return to crick...