CAPE TOWN: South Africa pacer Morne Morkel feels that ultimate session of an afternoon can be a very powerful for his facet's assault to do the wear and tear on Indian batsmen when the three-match Test collection starts on January 5.
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"It's going to be about that last session in the day when the ball is soft and conditions are tough. Majority of the runs in Test cricket are scored after tea time. So for us, it's going to be if we have enough petrol in the tank to knock India over at the back end of the day," Morkel stated about the upcoming collection against India.
Morkel claimed his first Test five-for in five years in South Africa's one-off Test against Zimbabwe in Port Elizabeth which the Proteas received inside two days.
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Despite being essentially the most a hit seamer in the event, he's the also the only maximum vulnerable to missing out against India when Dale Steyn returns.
If South Africa keep on with a frontline assault of three seamers and a spinner at Newlands, Morkel will have to observe the event from the sidelines. Kagiso Rabada and Vernon Philander are all however secure. This leaves the selectors to choose between the swing of Steyn and the jump of Morkel.
"We'll have to see," stated 33-year-old Morkel, who has taken 281 wickets from 80 Tests up to now, about the likely crew composition against India.
"Dale has been bowling exceptionally well in the nets. He looks strong, he is very fit and I reckon he would have been a handful on this (Port Elizabeth) wicket but it's another week for him to freshen up."
While Steyn has now not performed an international fixture since November 2016, Morkel has featured in all however one in every of South Africa's Tests since March.
Morkel missed the second one event against Bangladesh in October after struggling a facet pressure in the first and needed six weeks to recover.
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"It's going to be about that last session in the day when the ball is soft and conditions are tough. Majority of the runs in Test cricket are scored after tea time. So for us, it's going to be if we have enough petrol in the tank to knock India over at the back end of the day," Morkel stated about the upcoming collection against India.
Morkel claimed his first Test five-for in five years in South Africa's one-off Test against Zimbabwe in Port Elizabeth which the Proteas received inside two days.
ALSO READ: India and Kohli will eye historical past, says De Villiers
Despite being essentially the most a hit seamer in the event, he's the also the only maximum vulnerable to missing out against India when Dale Steyn returns.
If South Africa keep on with a frontline assault of three seamers and a spinner at Newlands, Morkel will have to observe the event from the sidelines. Kagiso Rabada and Vernon Philander are all however secure. This leaves the selectors to choose between the swing of Steyn and the jump of Morkel.
"We'll have to see," stated 33-year-old Morkel, who has taken 281 wickets from 80 Tests up to now, about the likely crew composition against India.
"Dale has been bowling exceptionally well in the nets. He looks strong, he is very fit and I reckon he would have been a handful on this (Port Elizabeth) wicket but it's another week for him to freshen up."
While Steyn has now not performed an international fixture since November 2016, Morkel has featured in all however one in every of South Africa's Tests since March.
Morkel missed the second one event against Bangladesh in October after struggling a facet pressure in the first and needed six weeks to recover.
Final session of a day will be crucial against India: Morkel
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