Pat Cummins to skip 2023 IPL for 'packed' international schedule

Cummins said a “packed” 2023 calendar for Australia – which includes a Test tour to India, an away Ashes series and an ODI World Cup in India – meant he could not commit to the Kolkata Knight Riders, where he has played five of his six IPL seasons, read the Cricket Australia website.

Pat tweeted to announce his decision on Tuesday morning.

" I’ve made the difficult decision to miss next years IPL. The international schedule is packed with Tests and ODI’s for the next 12 months, so will take some rest ahead of an Ashes series and World Cup," he said.

Cummins has played the last three IPL seasons with Kolkata, and last year notably smashed a 14-ball half-century against Mumbai Indians in Pune, the equal-fastest fifty ever in the competition alongside India’s KL Rahul.

He first joined the franchise in 2014, playing just four games across that year and 2015, before a solitary season for Delhi Capitals in 2017.

After a two-year IPL absence across 2018 and 2019, Cummins was snapped up again for a whopping $3.17 million by the Knight Riders for the 2020 season, the (then) biggest ever cheque for an overseas player in IPL history.