Arshdeep Singh Reveals Bowling Coach Morne Morkel's Unusual Training Tactic: Wrestling Match Ends Practice

Arshdeep Singh Reveals Unique Training Ground Antics with Bowling Coach Morne Morkel

A recent video capturing Indian pacers Arshdeep Singh and Akash Deep engaging in a playful wrestling match with bowling coach Morne Morkel during a net session in Birmingham has gone viral.

Team India bowling coach Morne Morkel (center) with pacers Akash Deep (left) and Arshdeep Singh. (Screengrabs)

Neither Arshdeep nor Akash Deep featured in the playing XI that suffered a five-wicket defeat at Headingley.

In a video shared by the BCCI, left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh shed light on the story behind the intriguing visuals. According to Arshdeep, Morkel had a unique method for ending practice sessions.

“Morne had said that the moment our practice session ends, he will have a last move and he will pin me. Thereafter, there will be no practice,” Arshdeep explained.

He further added, “He has found a new way to call off the day and he was just showing us that.”

India currently trails the five-match series 0-1 after their loss at Headingley, despite initially being in a commanding position. England successfully chased down 371 runs on the final day of the first Test, securing a five-wicket victory.

It is speculated that pacer Jasprit Bumrah will participate in only three out of the five games to manage his workload.