Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins Ruled Out Of IPL 2025? Report Informs Veterans’ Availability

Many veteran Australian players missed the Champions Trophy 2025 due to various reasons, and that was one of the fears for many franchises before the new edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, and Josh Hazlewood couldn’t take part in the recent eight-team tournament.

Cummins will lead the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and will hope to take the side a step further after finishing as the runners-up of the previous edition. Starc will be part of the Delhi Capitals side, while Hazlewood will be back for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).

Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood to play IPL 2025

Starc suffered an ankle niggle during the two-match Test series in Sri Lanka but is set to be available for the IPL after missing the Champions Trophy. He will join the Capitals, who signed him for a price of INR 11.75 crore.

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The left-arm pacer was the Player of the Match in last year’s final for the Kolkata Knight Riders at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai against the Sunrisers.

Hazlewood attracted the highest price of any Australian at the mega auction after missing the last season when he collected INR 12.50 crore. The lanky pacer is the least durable of the three pacers in the last few months, with calf injuries in the summer and the hip issue in February that ruled him out of the Asian trip for the red-ball games and the Champions Trophy.

All of Australia’s other IPL players will prioritize the event over the Sheffield Shield final despite five states being in contention. Last season, Matthew Wade opted to play the final and missed the start of the season for the Gujarat Titans.

Travis Head, Jake Fraser-McGurk, and Spencer Johnson will head to the IPL despite their side already qualifying for the Shield final, which will begin on March 26. Xavier Bartlett, Josh Inglis, and Aaron Hardie will head to the Punjab Kings to play under Ricky Ponting’s coaching,

Three veteran Australian players’ performance in IPL 2024

In the previous season of the 20-over competition, Cummins finished as the ninth leading wicket-taker in the IPL with 18 scalps in 16 innings at an average of 31.44, a strike rate of 20.33, and an economy rate of over nine with the best bowling figure of 3/43 in an inning. He was also the second-leading wicket-taker of the Sunrisers in the 2024 season.

Mitchell Starc picked up 17 wickets in 13 innings of the 2024 season at an average of 26.11 and a strike rate of 14.76, thanks to the best figure of 4/33 in an innings. His economy of 10.61 was costly, but he still played one of the key roles for the Knights in the 2024 edition of the competition.

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Hazlewood missed the last season of the 20-over league and picked up just three wickets in three innings at 25.33 for RCB. In 2022, he collected 20 wickets in 12 innings at 18.85 for Bengaluru and hopes to continue the same form going forward.

Mitchell Marsh aims to play as a batter in 2025 for LSG

Australia’s former T20I captain, Mitchell Marsh, will play for the Lucknow Super Giants in 2025 only as a batter and will travel next week. He will link up with the former opener, Justin Langer, on March 18, as the latter is entering his second season as the LSG coach.

March has not featured in a single game since playing in the BBL for the Perth Scorchers on January 07, while before that, his last white-ball games were in September. The all-rounder will hope to get some fine rhythm in 2025.