The next 24 hours will be crucial in deciding if star quick Josh Hazlewood will be fit to return for Australia’s third Test against India in Brisbane.

Hazlewood missed the 10-wicket demolition of India in the day-night Test in Adelaide with a side strain.

On Monday, 33-year-old Hazlewood bowled two full spells on Adelaide Oval as Australia’s coaching staff watched on, a day after the hosts levelled the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series at 1-1.

“It’ll be how I pull up in the 24 hours following it,” Hazelwood said.

“It’s about cooling down pretty much fully and then going again in the same day, and the intensity has got to be right up there as well.”

Hazlewood admitted having Victoria workhorse Scott Boland in Australia’s squad made the decision to rest easier.

In Boland’s first Test since July 2023, the 35-year-old finished with match figures of 5-105, slotting seamlessly back into the pace attack alongside captain Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc.

“I think if this [Adelaide] was the last Test of the summer, I could have potentially ran the gauntlet and played,” Hazlewood said.

“I think I would have been in a pretty bad state by the end of the game. Even though it was only a short game, it just wasn’t quite right.

“The side’s obviously been a troublesome area for me in the past … so if I can lean on the side of caution.

“Obviously we’ve got Scotty there, who does a fantastic job every time he plays.

“Sometimes you’ve got to be pretty much 100 per cent to play.”

The third Test begins at the Gabba on Saturday.

AAP