Morne Morkel is all set to bowl well in the upcoming series. After being dropped out last year for not performing well, he is back again with new zeal as a new ball partner for Dale Steyn.

 

He is prepared for new challenges after his heightened performance against England. "Against the Australians I put a lot of pressure on myself. After I got dropped I worked on the mental aspect with Richard Pybus and ensured I came back stronger," explains Morkel

 

When asked about the bowling strategies of South Africa’s new bowlers for India, Morne smiled and replied, "I can't tell you that", “else our team meetings would come to a nought."

 

To this he also added, "It's not easy to bowl here [India], for sometimes the wickets here behave in an erratic manner. But you have to prepare yourself mentally".

 

Morne is ready to face all challenges that might come up in the upcoming series. He said, "The wickets here are conducive for batting and wickets don't come easy here. But from a bowling point of view, we have done well in the final Test (against England) at Johannesburg and the warm-up game here and are looking forward to the challenge of bowling to the likes of (Virender) Sehwag and (Gautam) Gambhir".

 

He acknowledged that his team will keep in mind the fact that Indian batsmen don’t play well when they come across a short ball. "To bowl short is one of our strengths and we would be stupid not to use it to intimidate them," he added.

 

The 25 year old bowler, Morne tells that to bowl well for Indian batsmen a bowler needs to be patient and continue doing the right. "Patience is the key to getting wickets in India," observes Morkel. "For when a batsman like Sehwag gets going you can't really contain him. So the main thing is to stay patient and continue doing what you believe is right," he said.

 

He also said that if fast bowling is not feasible then reverse swing will work, "In India there's not much seem movement anyways,” "so I think the main thing for both the teams will be to get the ball to reverse."