South Africa’s former quick bowler, Morne Morkel has been appointed as the brand new bowling coach of the Indians males’s cricket group. The BCCI secretary Jay Shah made the affirmation official on Wednesday. Morne Morkel has now formally changed India’s earlier bowling coach Pravin Bhamare.
After Gautam Gambhir took over the pinnacle coach place of the Indian Cricket Group, he really helpful the names of Abhishek Nayar, Ryan Ten Doeschate, and Morne Morkel for various roles within the assist workers.
Forward of the beginning of the Sri Lanka sequence, Gambhir confirmed the inclusion of Nayar and Ten doeschate as assistant coaches, nevertheless, Morne Morkel wasn’t keen to affix the group at such brief discover.
Nonetheless, it has now been confirmed that Morne Morkel is formally the brand new Indian bowling coach. He’ll be a part of the squad in time earlier than the beginning of the two-match Check sequence towards Bangladesh.
“Sure, Morne Morkel has been appointed bowling coach of the senior India males’s group,” Shah advised PTI.
For the unversed, Morne Morkel has beforehand labored with Gautam Gambhir for 2 seasons within the Indian Premier League. The duo was a part of the Lucknow Tremendous Giants franchise within the 2022 and 2023 editions.
Morne Morkel completed his worldwide profession with 544 wickets
A tall and quick bowler, Morne Morkel was as soon as a significant cog in South Africa’s bowling unit. He introduced his retirement from worldwide cricket put up the Australia sequence in 2018. In his illustrious profession, Morkel represented South Africa in 86 Exams, 117 ODIs, and 44 T20Is, choosing 309, 188, and 47 wickets, respectively.
Apart from, he performed 70 matches within the Indian Premier League for various franchises, specifically Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Capitals, and Kolkata Knight Riders.
Previous to being appointed because the Indian Cricket Group’s bowling coach, Morne Morkel served because the bowling coach for the Pakistan Cricket Group within the 2023 ODI World Cup. Curiously, he resigned from his place earlier than the contract ended.
