Cummins prioritises T20 World Cup over IPL

With cricket facing an uncertain future due to COVID-19 pandemic, Australian pace spearhead Pat Cummins would like to see T20 World Cup at home being held over lucrative IPL in which he would enter as costliest foreign buy. Cummins became most expensive foreign buy in IPL at auction in December when Kolkata Knight Riders shelled out a whopping Rs 15.50 crore for his services.

" T20 World Cup is something we've spoken about for best part of two or three years. (ODI) World Cup in 2015, that was absolutely a career highlight for me and I wasn't even playing in final. I'd love to see that go ahead," Cummins was quoted as saying by 'Australian Associated Press'."That's probably big tournament this year for international cricket ... I'd love for that to happen in a perfect world and if I was to be really greedy, I'd love for IPL to happen as well."

re is definitive word on IPL yet after it was postponed to April 15. With coronavirus cases continuing to rise globally, it is unlikely cash-rich league will be organised anytime soon. Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has suggest that IPL should kick-start cricketing season and be held before T20 World Cup, scheduled in October-vember.