BAN vs IND: Morne Morkel shows excitement about embarking as Team India Bowling coach, saying “I am lucky to coach such an Indian team - looking forward to it"
Morne Morkel shows excitement about embarking as Team India Bowling coach (Image: Cricket Addictor)

BAN vs IND: Since Team India had appointed Gautam Gambhir as the Indian head coach, this will be his first major breakout in the longest format of the game. Indian team since they were in the buzz to appoint Morkel as their bowling coach, which they did and Morkel resumed his duties from the month of September.

India is about to begin their test schedule against Bangladesh at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, as all of the players have gathered at Chepauk on the 12th of the month. Morkel is seen alongside players like Bumrah and Siraj in the camp and often indulges in discussions with Kuldeep as well.

Revealed from the source of BCCI, Morne has revealed that he is extremely excited to work with the Indian team and is looking forward to working with the amazing bunch of players in the Indian team.

“I am so excited for India’s bowling coach & I am lucky to coach such an Indian team – looking forward to it”. Said Morkel to the BCCI press.

The first test against Bangladesh in Chennai will mark the beginning of Gautam Gambhir’s assignment with the Indian team in red-ball cricket. Star Indian Cricketers also have their own agendas entering the series.

Virat Kohli the greatest of the cricketers will emerge as an Indian batter who is just 58 runs behind emerging as the World’s fastest batter to 27000 runs, as he can surpass the likes of legendary cricketers.


Prior to this, only cricketers like Kumara Sangakara the great Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting have been cricketers who went past 27000 runs in international cricket, and Kohli can be the first to score it in less than 600 innings.


On the other hand, Rohit Sharma has been the most promising performer in the Tests as well as other formats for India recently. In the WTC, Rohit has 9-fifties and 7 centuries playing for India, as their mighty aggressive batter is just 8 more sixes away from breaking Virender Sehwag’s all-time record of most sixes in test matches for India.

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