South Africa’s best former fast bowler Morne Morkel has been appointed as the new bowling coach of the Indian team. Let us tell you, India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir wanted to appoint Morne Morkel as the new bowling coach of the team. Now Morne Morkel will be seen carrying out this important responsibility.

According to a Cricbuzz report, Morne Morkel has been given this responsibility. Morne Morkel will start his tenure with the two-match Test series against Bangladesh to be played from September 19. He was going to tour Sri Lanka, but due to being busy in a T20 league, he was not available for the Sri Lanka tour. In such a situation, the Board of Control for Cricket in India had temporarily sent Sairaj Bahutule to Sri Lanka.

Morne Morkel’s tenure will start from September 1. Morne Morkel, who has made his mark as a bowler in international cricket, will now be seen playing the important role of bowling coach. Let us tell you, Gautam Gambhir and Morne Morkel have also worked together in the coaching staff of Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League. Under the pairing of these two, the performance of Lucknow Super Giants was very good in the 2022 and 2023 seasons.

Morne Morkel has participated in international cricket between 2006 and 2018. He served as the bowling coach of the Pakistan national cricket team until November 2023. Morkel made his Test debut in 2006 and played 86 Tests for the South African team. In March 2018, he became the fifth bowler to take 300 Test wickets for South Africa. He has participated in a total of 117 ODIs and 44 T20 matches. He made his debut in these two formats in 2007.

Morne Morkel appointed India’s bowling coach

The Indian team will look to perform well in the Test series against Bangladesh and will definitely want to win it.

Earlier, India played T20 and ODI series against Sri Lanka. India defeated Sri Lanka 3-0 in the T20 series. However, the team had to face defeat in the ODI series against the hosts. Now it remains to be seen how the Indian team performs in the Test series against Bangladesh?