Gambhir wants Morne Morkel as bowling trainer; BCCI yet to take final call

 

Morne Morkel is in the handling to be India's bowling trainer. The former South Africa leader, who has expansive coaching experience, is on the pail list of Gautam Gambhir, the recently appointed head trainer of the Indian platoon. Morkel was the trainer of the Pakistan platoon during last time's ODI World Cup in India but quit the job months before his contract with the Pakistan Cricket Board( PCB) was set to expire.

Gambhir is believed to have requested the Board of Control for Cricket in India( BCCI) to consider Morkel, who played 86 Tests, 117 ODIs, and 44 T20Is in a period between 2006 and 2018, for the position of bowling trainer. Cricbuzz can confirm that some conversations have taken place with the South African, who's now settled in Australia.

Both Gambhir and Morkel are known to have had a good working relationship at the Lucknow Super titans IPL platoon, where Gambhir served as a tutor for two times. Morkel continued as the ballot's bowling trainer under new head trainer Justin Langer after Gambhir left to join the Kolkata Knight Riders and head trainer Andy Flower moved to the Royal contenders Bengaluru.

Morkel has sculpted a strong character of being an effective trainer at both transnational as well as in the IPL circles. At 39 and having retired only in 2018, Morkel remains well- clued and over to date in the rearmost ways of the game. Gambhir, known for working with people he's comfortable with, is believed to be keen on having Morkel in his guiding platoon.

Several names have been linked to the bowling trainer position, including Lakshmipathy Balaji and Vinay Kumar. Reports have also suggested that the BCCI is considering Zaheer Khan for the part. While a final decision has yet to be made, it appears that the BCCI may reach a conclusion soon. One of the considerations is Morkel's youthful family and the expansive trip needed for the India job. He lives in the plush Seaforth exurb in northern Sydney with his woman Roz Kelly, a sports presenter on Channel 9. The couple have two children.

still, Morkel would replace Paras Mhambrey, who has bettered in the part for the once three times under head trainer Rahul Dravid, If appointed. As preliminarily reported by Cricbuzz preliminarily, Abhishek Nayar and Ryan ten Doeschate are a couple of other recommendations of Gambhir and the BCCI is believed to be keen on retaining fielding T Dilip from the gregarious Dravid governance.