A struggling Australia are prepared to risk playing seasoned opener David Warner in the third Test against India even if he is not 100 per cent fit, assistant coach Andrew McDonald said on Thursday.

“Look, if he’s 90-95 per cent fit and the conversation is that he’s fit enough to be able to go out there and perform his duties for the team, then I’m sure that’ll be a conversation the coach has with the player.

“He’s (Warner) very optimistic that he should be ready to go, which is great news for us. We are really excited to have him back,” McDonald said.

Young gun Will Pucovski, too, is set for a potential debut. “He will be put through tests whatever it needs to be put through to make himself available for selection to potentially open the batting. So it’s good to have a little bit of depth out there,” McDonald said.