Team India's newly-appointed bowling coach Morne Morkel has opened up on the Indian delicacies he is quite fond of. The former South African speedster, who will begin his stint with the upcoming Test series against Bangladesh, stated that he prefers eating Dosas and Murgh Malai chicken.
Head coach Gautam Gambhir had strongly endorsed the ex-South African cricketer to be included in his coaching staff, having worked with him for the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the IPL. The 39-year-old had previously served in the same role for the Pakistan cricket team. The Transvaal-born former cricketer represented South Africa in 247 and snared 544 scalps.
Speaking in a video uploaded by the BCCI, here's what Morkel had to stay about the Indian dishes:
"I like a bit of Puri. For breakfast, I obviously love my dosas. Murgh Malai, chicken, and Naan breads but I think it's also important as a coach that you need to eat healthy and the rest of the players will follow."
"I've played a lot against some of the players" - Morne Morkel
Morkel went on to explain that his first day with the bowlers was all about knowing their strengths and weaknesses and setting tiny goals for the upcoming series. He stated:
"You know, I've played a lot against some of the players I've seen and connected a little bit to some of the guys doing IPL and to be now in the camp and to form, you know, friendship and form relationships. For me, this is very important and, you know, today was sort of the goal of that is just to get an understanding about the guys, their strengths, their weaknesses, you know, help a little bit with setting, setting or planting little seeds for the goals for the upcoming series. And, yeah, that's the sort of conversations we had today and the guys did really well."
The first Test against Bangladesh begins on September 19 in Chennai.
