Jasprit Bumrah's injury scare raised the heartbeats of all the Indian fans on Day 2 of the Adelaide Test against Australia. However, Bumrah completed his spell to brush aside injury concerns. India's bowling coach Morne Morkel has provided an update on the star pacer.
"He'll be a guy that can sort of hold that one end up for us. He hits the bat a little bit harder than you think. So on these sort of conditions where there might be a little bit of seam movement up front, especially the first couple of days, he'll be a handy bowler," Morne Morkel said.
Team India had decided to scrap their intra-squad game at the expense of match simulation at the WACA in Perth. The conditions at the WACA are expected to provide Team India the much-needed help in adjusting to the bouncy conditions at the Optus Stadium.
BCCI formally announced former South Africa pacer Morne Morkel as the Indian bowling coach with a video on Saturday, September 14. Morkel, who was delighted to be called for the role, was confirmed as Paras Mhambrey's successor last month with his contract starting with the Bangladesh series.
Former South African pacer Morne Morkel has joined the Indian men's team's support staff as bowling coach. Morkel, who has been involved as a bowling mentor and coach with Lucknow and Durban's Super Giants and Pakistan's men's team, will be rejoining Gautam Gambhir for the Indian team.
For South Africa to seal a semifinal berth, they must win against England by a good margin in their final group match and hope West Indies beat contenders Australia, who currently have superior net run rate to the Proteas.
Morkel, who recently called time on his three-year stint with Surrey, has signed up with Heat in the capacity of a local player.
Morne Morkel, who retired from international cricket in 2018, said that bowlers will always find a way to swing a ball.
Sachin Tendulkar recalled facing Glenn McGrath in Adelaide in 1999 and the duo of Steyn-Morkel in Cape Town in 2011.
Morkel said that the timing of the decision was not great as Olivier had really started settling himself in the Test cricket.
Eight teams have formed some of the best combinations from a pool of 64 top cricketers in the players' draft for T10League.
When bad light ended play early, Australia were reeling at 88/3 and 524 runs behind. Paceman Morkel trapped openers Matt Renshaw and Joe Burns.
Fast bowler Morne Morkel picked up 5/23 in Australia's second innings to give them their second-heaviest defeat to South Africa in terms of runs and its heaviest since 1970.
Rabada shared the limelight in South Africa's bowling effort with Morne Morkel, the retiring fast bowler who took his 300th Test wicket on the way to 4/87.
Morkel recently dropped a bombshell when he announced that he would bid adieu to all forms of international cricket following the conclusion of the four-match Test series against Australia.
The announcement has left the cricketing fraternity in disbelief as Morkel enjoyed a terrific season in 2017 by taking 39 Test wickets - his highest since 2010.
The Proteas spearhead said that the Indian team have players that could beat the hosts for the very first time at home.
Morkel said the game will have an outcome despite the loss of time today due to rain and bad light.
Morkel on Thursday said he was delighted with the time for rest given ahead of the series against India.
South Africa bowled the Zimbabweans out for 68 and 121 in the day-night match to win by an innings and 120 runs after making 309-9 declared batting first.
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