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After a big make-a-shift in the coaching staff, Lucknow Super Giants have retained Morne Morkel as their bowling coach for the 2024 edition of the Indian Premier League. The Lucknow-based franchise on Friday, August 11 confirmed that they will continue with Morkel in their bowling staff, after parting ways with head coach Andy Flower.
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The KL Rahul-led franchise took to Twitter to announce Morkel’s stay with the side with a video which had the song from Bollywood’s release “Rocky aur Rani ki Prem Kahani”.
Days ago, Lucknow Super Giants parted ways with Andy Flower as their head coach to rope in former Australia coach Justin Langer for IPL 2024. It was further reported that Gautam Gambhir suggested Justin Langer’s named for the head coach position to franchise owner Sanjeev Goenka.
“His (Justin Langer) name was suggested to me by Gautam Gambhir and when I interacted with Justin I was impressed,” Dr. Sanjeev Goenka said.
Additionally, IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has appointed Andy Flower as their new head coach. The official announcement of the same was made on Friday, 3 August by the Faf du Plessis-led franchise. It is to be noted that Flower takes over from Sanjay Bangar, who served as the head coach in IPL 2023.
