Morne Morkel India Bowling Coach: Rahul Dravid left the post of head coach of India after the T20 World Cup 2024. After that Gautam Gambhir has taken over the responsibility of being the head coach, but till now he has not been able to get the full support staff. Currently, Sairaj Bahutule is handling the responsibility of being the interim bowling coach of Team India on the Sri Lanka tour, but now very soon South African legend Morne Morkel may be announced as the new bowling coach.
According to a report by Cricbuzz, Morne Morkel will be the next bowling coach of the Indian team and he may join the team during the Bangladesh series. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see whether Sairaj Bahutule remains with the team or he can also be given the role of spin bowling coach because spin bowling is more effective on Asian pitches.
Gambhir-Morkel pair have worked together in IPL
The duo of Gautam Gambhir and Morne Morkel have worked together for Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL. In fact, when Gautam Gambhir joined LSG as a mentor in the year 2022, Morne Morkel was working as the bowling coach of the team. Morkel also has experience of coaching international teams as he coached the Pakistan National Cricket Team till November 2023.
Who was the first head coach?
As long as Rahul Dravid was the head coach, Paras Mhambrey played the role of Team India’s bowling coach in his support staff. Paras was given this responsibility in November 2021 and did a very good job as a coach. Now it will be interesting to see whether sealing Morkel’s name proves to be a good thing for the future of Team India or not.
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