After the first Test in Chennai concludes on September 23, the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur will host the second Test from September 27 to October 1. Both matches between India and Bangladesh are a part of the ongoing World Test Championship cycle, where India are on top of the table with 68.52 percentage points, while Bangladesh are at fourth place, with 45.83 percentage points.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cToday\u2019s goal was about getting an understanding about the guys, their strengths, their weaknesses and help a little bit by setting and planting little seeds for the goals for the upcoming series. The guys did really well. I was blown away about how they went about things, how professional they were. So that\u2019s a good sign and hopefully, we can build on that,\u201d said Morkel in a video posted on bcci.tv.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Armed with 12 years of experience of representing South Africa across all three formats, Morkel thinks one of his challenges as India\u2019s bowling coach will be to ensure the bowlers\u2019 have a sense of belonging and feel mentally relaxed in the team, which in turn will produce the best performances. \u201cIt\u2019s one thing, having the talent and the skill, but how can you make those guys feel welcome in an intimidating sort of environment? Playing for India and wearing the blue shirt, there are a lot of expectations.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cSo for me, having that experience and going through that, thus passing on that sort of knowledge and helping them to settle and also feel at home, because I think as soon as a player has that comfortability that they belong and feel comfortable in this space, the performances will come.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cSo it\u2019s about looking after that and from there, up-skill and get them up to the standard and feel ready to take up this challenge. I understand and I know there\u2019s always going to be expectations of winning and stuff like that. Luckily I\u2019ve experienced it in my playing days so that I can share that knowledge. When I was sitting on the plane, I\u2019d reflect on these things.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Morkel further describes the Indian side with Gautam Gambhir as the head coach as a set-up that \u2018operates by itself\u2019, mainly due to the presence of senior players. \u201cWe\u2019re so lucky in this team to have quality senior players as they\u2019ll lead the charge and it\u2019s our responsibility to support them and just give them the best sort of advice that we can give. But coming out here, this is a setup where it sort of operates by itself, so to protect that and make it better in small ways is always going to be the goal.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cSo it\u2019s about looking after that and from there, up-skill and get them up to the standard and feel ready to take up this challenge. I understand and I know there\u2019s always going to be expectations of winning and stuff like that. Luckily I\u2019ve experienced it in my playing days so that I can share that knowledge. When I was sitting on the plane, I\u2019d reflect on these things.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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