Team India's 'auto-pilot' mode wins praise from Morkel

What isnt broken shouldnt be mended is the mantra of new India bowling coach Morne Morkel who loves how the Indian cricket setup runs on autopilot and says his new assignment will involve helping that system get better in small waysMorkel who has worked with current head coach Gautam Gambhir in Lucknow Super Giants LSG has been in India enough times and seen it from close quarter to understand how it works and where he would fit into the ecosystem ahead of the IND vs BAN seriesComing here this is a setup that operates by itself and so to protect that and make it better in small ways is going to be the goal Morkel told BCCITV making it clear that his focus is on minor tweaks rather than overhauling what worksHe also feels that super seniors like Rohit Sharma Virat Kohli Ravindra Jadeja Ravichandran Ashwin and Jasprit Bumrah will always lead the charge and his job will be to be the sounding board as part of the support staffWe are quite lucky to have quality senior players and they will lead the charge Our responsibility is to support them and give them best sort of advice that we can give said Morkel who turns 40 soon and has played alongside legendary Dale SteynMorkel who has 544 international wickets across three formats with 309 of them coming in Tests was blown away by how Indian cricketers went about things and how professional they wereThats a good sign and hope we can build on that Morkel saidHe joined the preseries camp in Bangladesh and currently he wants to build a trust with players and see how he can help them ahead of the IND vs BAN seriesFor me this is important to connect well with the guys played a lot against some of the players seen and connected with some of the guys during IPL and to be in the camp and form friendships and relationships with players is very important said the former Proteas speedsterAlso ReadIndians sweat it out in Chennaitrying to understand the guys and their strengths and weaknesses and help them set goals for the upcoming series He hoped that he can channelise the enormous level of talent that Indian cricketers possess Its one thing having talent and skill and how can you make those guys feel welcome in an intimidating environment India playing in blue shirt is a lot of expectations so for me having the experience going through that passing that sort of knowledge and helping them settle in will be the goal Morkel saidAs soon as players have that comfort and feel they belong here thats when the performance comes I am looking forward to that and obviously upskill them and get them up to the standardI understand that there will be expectations of winning and luckily I have experienced that in my playing days and I can share that knowledge he addedMorkel said that after his discussions with the BCCI about the bowling coachs job were finalized it took some time for the confirmation to sink inSo when I ended the call I sat for about five minutes in the room I spoke to my dad first and didnt even go to my wife Normally they say you tell the wife first so quite a special moment for me he said in jestI enjoyed it 57 minutes with myself and then shared with the family about the opportunity and about eventually what might happen so happy that we eventually got things over the line and this happened looking forward to great journey and time with India Morkel is also a fan of Indian cuisineI love Puri breakfast I love my dosas malai chicken but as a coach you need to show players that you eat healthy players would follow he saidWith agency inputs