Former South African bowler Morne Morkel has been appointed the bowling coach of the Indian cricket team. He will join the team on September 1. Cricket website Cricbuzz gave this information on Wednesday, 14 August quoting Jay Shah.
There were already talks of appointing the 39-year-old former South African bowler as bowling coach. It is being said that Indian team head coach Gautam Gambhir had demanded Morkel to be appointed bowling coach. Both have worked together for the IPL franchise Lucknow Super Giants.
Morkel will replace Paras Mhambrey
Morkel will replace former Indian coach Paras Mhambrey. Mhambrey’s tenure had already ended, but Morkel could not join Team India on the Sri Lanka tour due to personal reasons. In such a situation, BCCI sent Sairaj Bahutule as bowling coach.
Now Morne Morkel will join the Indian team for the Test series against Bangladesh. This series starting on 19 September will be Morkel’s first assignment. 2 Tests and 3 T20 matches will be played in this. The first Test will be played in Chennai.
Morkel’s international career is 12 years long
Morne Morkel played international cricket between 2006 and 2018. During this time, he played 86 Tests, 117 ODIs and 44 T20 International matches.
Morkel has been the bowling coach of
Pakistan cricket team. He resigned from the post of bowling coach of the Pakistan team after the disappointing performance in the World Cup 2023. Morkel joined the Pakistani team on a six-month contract in June last year. He resigned even before the completion of the contract.