"I have been battling through each tournament and umming and arr-ing at training but the time has come to get it done," the big-hitting 27-year-old told the Courier Mail.
"I was getting sorer and sorer after training. I am pretty confident I will be back for the Big Bash.
"I was supposed to play in the Caribbean Premier League on Wednesday so I have had to give them the bad news. I will cost myself a bit (having to sacrifice the T20 contracts), but physically and mentally it will mean a lot to get it done."
Lynn is likely to miss Australia's proposed one-day series in India later this year, which is in doubt due to a long-running pay dispute between the players and Cricket Australia.
(Reporting by Hardik Vyas in Bengaluru; editing by Amlan Chakraborty)
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