{"id":265972,"date":"2026-10-05T15:57:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T15:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/05\/morne-morkel-hails-team-india-pacers-resilience-ahead-of-ind-vs-wi-2026-t20is\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T15:57:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T15:57:32","slug":"morne-morkel-hails-team-india-pacers-resilience-ahead-of-ind-vs-wi-2026-t20is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/05\/morne-morkel-hails-team-india-pacers-resilience-ahead-of-ind-vs-wi-2026-t20is\/","title":{"rendered":"Morne Morkel hails Team India pacer&#8217;s resilience ahead of IND vs WI 2026 T20Is"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"5225085\" data-slug-id=\"2844999\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>India bowling coach Morne Morkel praised young pacer Mayank Yadav for making an impressive comeback to the Indian team after facing major injury setbacks. He added that he is looking forward to seeing how the right-arm fast bowler performs in the T20I series against the West Indies if he gets a chance.<\/p>\n<p>After being out of the Indian team for nearly two years due to multiple injury issues, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/mayank-yadav\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Mayank<\/a> made a strong comeback during the T20I series in Zimbabwe in July. He registered figures of 2-18 in the first T20I and 3-29 in the third.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a press conference ahead of the India vs West Indies T20I series, which begins in Lucknow on Tuesday, October 6, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/m-morkel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Morkel<\/a> shared his thoughts on Mayank and commented:<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Mayank Yadav is back from injury, so I look forward to seeing how he goes when he gets an opportunity. If you look at Mayank Yadav, [what] immediately comes to mind is his pace, his X-factor. He had a couple of setbacks with injuries back-to-back. For a young player to get through that and then again find himself in a situation to play for India just shows attitude.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mayank has featured in six T20Is so far and has claimed nine wickets at an average of 17.22 and an economy rate of 6.73. In the IPL, he has played 10 matches for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and has claimed nine wickets at an average of 40.77 and an economy rate of 10.14.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>&#8220;He is a deep thinker about the game&#8221; &#8211; Morkel on Abhishek Sharma<\/h2>\n<p>During the press conference, Morkel also praised opener <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/abhishek-sharma-cricket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Abhishek Sharma<\/a> and termed him as a deep thinker of the game. The former South African bowler explained that there is more to the southpaw&#8217;s batting than just smashing the bowling out of the park. Morkel elaborated:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;What I like about Abhishek is that he is a deep thinker about the game. At training, he comes with a specific plan in terms of how he thinks the bowlers are going to try and get him out.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It is not just going into the nets, hitting every ball for six, and walking out. He thinks about his game quite a lot, comes with a well-structured plan to the nets, and that is the reason why he is so successful,&#8221; he concluded.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Abhishek has featured in 62 T20Is so far and has scored 1,926 runs at an average of 32.64 and a strike rate of 195.13, with three hundreds and 13 half-centuries.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-post-rating-widget\">\n<p><template id=\"post-rating-feedback-modal-template\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-feedback-box\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-content\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-data\">\n<p>Why did you not like this content?<\/p>\n<p><textarea id=\"dislike-feedback-text\" rows=\"4\" placeholder=\"Please type your feedback...\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<button class=\"close\">Cancel<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"submit\">Submit<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-widget-parent hidden\">\n<div class=\"rating-parent-container\">\n<div class=\"rating-content-holder\">\n<p>Was this article helpful?<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-action-container\">\n<div class=\"like-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-like-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"like\" title=\"like article\"><br \/>\n<img class=\"post-like-image post-rating-image\" data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"like selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dislike-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-dislike-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"dislike\" title=\"dislike article\"><br \/>\n<img class=\"post-dis-like-image post-rating-image\" data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"avatar selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nThank You for feedback\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tag-cloud\">\n<div class=\"tags-text\">\n<div class=\"scrollable-content-holder  article-padding\">\n<p class=\"article-p  \">Quick Links<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"pnAdvancerLeft\" class=\"pn-Advancer pn-Advancer_Left \" type=\"button\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/skm\/assets\/article\/article-scroll-left.svg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<nav id=\"pnProductNav\" class=\"pn-ProductNav\">\n<\/nav>\n<p><button id=\"pnAdvancerRight\" class=\"pn-Advancer pn-Advancer_Right \" type=\"button\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/skm\/assets\/article\/article-scroll-right.svg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<p>More from Sportskeeda<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span class=\"publisher-name\">Edited by Renin Wilben Albert<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/cricket\/news-morne-morkel-hails-team-india-pacer-s-resilience-ahead-ind-vs-wi-2026-t20is\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India bowling coach Morne Morkel praised young pacer Mayank Yadav for making an impressive comeback to the Indian team after facing major injury setbacks. 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