IPL 2024: Morne Morkel To Continue As Lucknow Super Giants Bowling Coach
Published - 11 Aug 2023, 02:05 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 09:39 AM
Former South African pacer Morne Morkel will continue as the bowling coach of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in IPL 2024. This will be his second with the franchise. Having made the playoffs twice, LSG is yet to make the final of the IPL.
The franchise parted ways with Andy Flower who was the coach of the franchise for its first two seasons. Gautam Gambhir was retained as the mentor while Justin Langer was signed up as Flower’s replacement as the next head coach.
This will be his second season with the franchise. Morkel who was a part of KKR under Gautam Gambhir’s captaincy will now work with him for the second straight season with LSG. There were efforts by KKR to sign up Gambhir as the mentor ahead of IPL 2024 but the move did not materialise.
The LSG Twitter handle confirmed Morkel’s stay with the franchise for the second year running. Under Morkel’s guidance, LSG has found some new talent in the form of Mohsin Khan, Yash Thakur, and Avesh Khan. Mark Wood also played for Luckow last season under Morkel’s guidance.
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Morne Morkel Stays As LSG Bowling Coach
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— Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL) August 11, 2023
There has been a lot of movement within the IPL franchises and their coaching staff. SRH have parted ways with Brian Lara. They have now signed up Daniel Vettori the former RCB coach ahead of the new season.
Speaking of RCB, they have also ended the contracts of Mike Hesson and Sanjay Bangar. Meanwhile, Flower has switched side from LSG and have now joined RCB as the new head coach of the franchise. RCB continues to search for its maiden IPL title and is hoping that Andy Flower might end the drought. Meanwhile, LSG signed up Justin Langer as their new head coach ahead of IPL 2024.
“Lucknow Super Giants are on the journey of building a great story in the IPL. We all have a role to play in that journey and I am excited to be a part of the team moving forward” said Langer on being signed up by LSG ahead of IPL 2024.
During his tenure, Australia beat England 4–0 in the Ashes series. And in 2021, under his charge, Australia also won the T20 World Cup for the first time Apart from this, Perth Scorchers also won the Big Bash League (BBL) title three times under the guidance of Langer.
