Having worked closely with the current Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) head coach Gautam Gambhir, Morkel has visited India frequently enough to have a thorough understanding of the country’s operations and how he might fit in.
The new bowling coach for India, Morne Morkel, believes that what isn’t broken shouldn’t be fixed. He like how the Indian cricket system functions like a well-oiled machine and thinks part of his new role will be to find tiny ways to improve it.
Morkel has spent enough time in India and seen it up close to understand how it operates and how he would fit into the ecosystem. He has worked with current Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) head coach Gautam Gambhir.
“Having talented senior players who will drive the charge is a huge blessing for us. According to Morkel, who will turn 40 in a few months and has performed with the late Dale Steyn, “Our job is to support them and give them the best advice that we can do.”
The way Indian players approached the game and “how professional they were” “blew away” Morkel, who has 544 international wickets in three formats, 309 of which came in Tests.”I hope we can build on that; that’s a good sign,” Morkel stated.
Since joining the pre-series camp in Bangladesh, he has been trying to get to know the players and figure out how he can be of assistance to them.
“Being in the camp and forming friendships and relationships with players is very important,” the former Proteas speedster stated. “For me, this is important to connect well with the guys. I played a lot against some of the players, saw and connected with some of the guys during IPL.”
