Hazlewood said the niggle was caused party due to damp run-ups at the SCG during the Test against South Africa in January, and he did not bowl much during Australia’s training camp in Alur on the outskirts of Bengaluru. He said the he would resume bowling two days before the Nagpur Test begins on February 9.
“It’s [the injury] still lingering from the (Sydney) Test match,” Hazlewood said. “We obviously bowled after a lot of rain and the jump-offs were quite soft, where we were taking off from and they ended up replacing them as well.
“It sort of worked to a degree, but just that extra load jumping off a soft ground to bowl and again first Test match (back from injury) your body is not used to that sort of workload as well. I was bowling a fair bit leading into the (India) tour at home and sort of just pushing up against it. It probably wasn’t recovering as well as I would have liked between each session.
“So thought we’d give it a few days here straight of the bat and try and get over the hump and have a bowl from Tuesday and hope it goes well.”
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Source: ESPN Crickinfo