New Delhi. Preparations to win the Pune Test match were in full swing, the players were sweating in the nets, while Gautam Gambhir was busy making strategies with Abhishek Nair, then a bowler was seen in the nets, whom everyone was surprised to see. This bowler was Morne Morkel. He has been associated with Team India as a bowling coach, but his incarnation on the Pune ground was a little different.
Markel bowled with full run up at the nets, first to Rohit with speed and then to Virat. Morni bowled many such balls which both the great batsmen could not break. During the bowling of about 35 minutes in the nets, Markel bowled on the field. But it attracted everyone's attention. Due to his tall height and high arm action, Morkel got uneven bounce on any type of pitch, that is why Morkel came on the field and tested most of the top order batsmen with his bowling.
Markel was the most difficult bowler for Virat and Rohit
Virat considers the 6 feet 5 inches tall Morkel as the toughest bowler against whom he batted. Morkel bowled against Virat in 13 Test innings and got him out 6 times. Morkel has also dismissed Rohit Sharma 7 times. Morkel, who said goodbye to international cricket in 2018, is 40 years old and from the speed at which he was bowling, it did not seem that 8 years had passed since he left cricket.
Morkel has become an important member of Gambhir's team
Morkel did a great job with the Kolkata Knight Riders team as a bowling coach in the IPL and when the team won the tournament, Gambhir gave a lot of credit to Morne for it. Seeing Morkel's hard work, Gautam recommended him to make him the bowling coach of Team India. Morni Markle also played as a bowler from 2009 to 2014 and left a big impact.
Tags: gautam gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Team india, Virat Kohli
FIRST PUBLISHED : October 23, 2024, 6:05 PM IST
