Morne Morkel appointed as India’s bowling coach

Former South Africa speedster Morne Morkel has been appointed as India’s bowling coach and the upcoming Test series vs Bangladesh will be his first assignment. BCCI secretary Jay Shah confirmed the development and Morkel will join Abhishek Nayar, Ryan ten Doeschate and T Dilip in Gautam Gambhir-led coaching staff.

While the rest joined the team before the limited-overs series vs Sri Lanka, the formalities weren’t completed with Morkel and Sairaj Bahutule travelled with the side as what looked like a stop-gap arrangement.

As CricketNext had reported earlier, Morkel was always going to join after the tour of Sri Lanka due to some personal reasons and it looks like he will link up with the squad before the preparations get underway in Chennai ahead of the Tests vs Bangladesh

Before taking up India role, Morkel’s last international assignment was with the Pakistan cricket team where he served as the bowling coach. The seamer continued with his league commitments and remained bowling coach of Lucknow Super Giants. Morkel worked with Gambhir at LSG for two years before Gambhir moved base to KKR for the 2024 edition. Both Gambhir and Morkel have a lot of mutual respect for each other and the former India cricketer has been a big fan of his bowling since their playing days.