Pat Cummins is uncertain about continuing as Australia’s one-day international captain after the World Cup. He is, however, eager to return to the Indian Premier League (IPL) next season in preparation for the Twenty20 World Cup. Cummins, the Test skipper leading Australia into the semi-final against South Africa, took on the ODI role with an eye on the World Cup after Aaron Finch’s retirement from the format last year.

While Cummins expressed potential interest in staying on as ODI captain, he mentioned that the decision would depend on coach Andrew McDonald and head selector George Bailey’s assessment of his workload and Australia’s priorities.

Speaking in Kolkata, Cummins stated, “After here, the focus shifts back to test cricket for a fair while. Probably like we’ve done in the past, at times white-ball cricket is going to have to shift so we fully focus on test cricket. So yeah, there’s no end date in sight.”

Although the T20 captaincy is vacant since Finch’s retirement, Mitch Marsh is the favorite to claim the role ahead of the World Cup in the Caribbean and the U.S. next June. Cummins is interested in playing a significant part in that tournament and has signaled a return to the IPL next year after skipping it this year due to his busy schedule.

Expressing his excitement, Cummins mentioned, “I feel like I haven’t played a heap of T20 cricket, and in some ways, I feel like I haven’t played my best T20 cricket for a little while. I’m really excited; I’m probably going into the IPL auction for next year to try to get some games before that World Cup and push a case to not only make the side but get back to how I feel like I can bowl in T20 cricket.”