Gautam Gambhir has now become the new head coach of Team India. While the selection of bowling and batting coach is yet to be done. Till now Abhishek Nair's name had come up for the bowling coach. A good rapport was seen between Gambhir and Abhishek for KKR in IPL 2024. According to reports, Gambhir has chosen the name of the South African legend for the bowling coach. However, the final decision on this will be taken by the BCCI.
This legend can become a bowling coach
Team India's new head coach Gautam Gambhir has named former South African bowler Morne Morkel as the bowling coach. However, the BCCI has not yet taken any final decision on this. According to reports, BCCI may consider the name of Morne Morkel.
Gautam Gambhir and Morne Morkel have worked together in the IPL before. When Gambhir was the mentor of Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL, Morkel was the bowling coach of the team. According to a report, BCCI has also had some talks with Morne Morkel.
Morkel was the coach of the Pakistan team
Morne Morkel was the bowling coach of the Pakistan cricket team during the ODI World Cup 2023. The performance of the Pakistan team in this tournament was very poor. After which many changes were seen in Pakistan cricket. Morkel also resigned before the contract with Pakistan Cricket ended. Morkel played cricket for South Africa for 12 years. Morkel was a very good bowler of his time. Morkel has played 86 Tests, 117 ODIs and 44 T20 matches for South Africa. Morkel has taken 309 wickets in Test cricket, 188 in ODIs and 47 in T20s.