Former South African fast bowler Morne Morkel has joined the coaching staff of the Indian cricket team and has started his tenure with an impressive performance from Jasprit Bumrah and other bowlers in the first Test against Bangladesh. Morkel was all smiles when the Indian bowlers were tearing apart the Bangladesh batting line-up in Chennai.

Notably, Morkel has also spent some time with the Pakistan team. He joined them as bowling coach in June last year, but Morkel left the team after Pakistan’s failure to qualify for the T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8 stage. With six weeks left on his contract, the great bowler severed ties with the Pakistani team and joined Lucknow Super Giants. However, soon the BCCI called him and he could not refuse.

Basit Ali slammed Pakistani players for insulting Morne Morkel

Former cricketer Basit Ali hit out at the Pakistan bowling lineup and accused them of disrespecting Morkel when he was the coach of the team.

Basit said on his YouTube channel, “Pakistani bowlers consider themselves bigger than cricket. They thought Morkel was nothing in front of us.”

He further said that there is a lot of difference in the mentality of Indian and Pakistani players.

He said, “We have come to know the difference. This is the same Bangladesh that played a match against Pakistan where it seemed that Pakistan was completely behind. This is the same Bangladesh that defeated Pakistan. The difference is of mentality, thinking and class.”

Actually, Bangladesh recently clean swept Pakistan on its soil, while India performed brilliantly and defeated them in the first Test. Therefore, after India’s strong performance, Basit Ali has lashed out at the Pakistani bowlers.