Team India Bowling Coach: Gautam Gambhir wants to make this South African legend the bowling coach, requested BCCI
Gautam Gambhir: Indian cricket team's head coach Gautam Gambhir has expressed his desire to the BCCI regarding the bowling coach. He asked to make the African legend the coach.
Gautam Gambhir wants South African Legend Morne Morkel as Indian bowling coach Team India Bowling Coach: Gautam Gambhir wants to make this South African legend the bowling coach, requested BCCI
Gautam Gambhir and Morne Morkel
Indian Bowling Coach Wants Gautam Gambhir: Gautam Gambhir has become the head coach of the Indian cricket team but his support staff has not been decided yet. There is still a sword hanging over the batting, bowling and fielding coaches in the support staff. However, now the report has come out that Gambhir wants to make former South African fast bowler Morne Morkel the bowling coach. Morkel is very experienced in coaching.
According to the Cricbuzz report, Gambhir has requested the BCCI to consider Morkel. Gambhir wants Morkel to become the bowling coach of Team India. The report said that talks have been held with Morkel.
Gambhir and Morkel have spent a lot of time together in Lucknow Super Giants. Gambhir has been the mentor of Lucknow for 2 years, while Morkel is still the bowling coach.
Morkel has been the bowling coach of Pakistan
Let us tell you that Morkel has been the bowling coach of Pakistan. Morkel was seen in the role of Pakistan's bowling coach in the ODI World Cup played on Indian soil in 2023. However, after the tournament, Morkel resigned from his post.
Talks are also going on to make these Indians bowling coaches
Apart from Morkel, talks are going on about former Indian team fast bowlers Zaheer Khan, Lakshmipathy Balaji and Vinay Kumar. BCCI is also looking at these three for bowling coach. However, the final decision is yet to be taken by the BCCI.
This was Morkel's international career
It is worth noting that Morne Morkel played international cricket between 2006 and 2018. During this time, he played 86 Tests, 117 ODIs and 44 T20 Internationals. In Tests, he took 309 wickets at an average of 27.66, with a match best of 9/110. Apart from this, he took 188 wickets in ODIs at an average of 25.32 and 47 wickets in T20 Internationals at an average of 25.34. His best figures in ODIs were 5/21 and in T20 Internationals were 4/17.