Ahmedabad, Feb. 20 -- Ahead of India's Super Eight T20 World Cup clash against South Africa, Indian bowling coach Morne Morkel backed a struggling Abhishek Sharma after a hat-trick of ducks, saying that the team trusts him to deliver and entertain the fans during this important phase of the tournament.

The world's number one T20I batter has not been able to buy himself a run in the three innings he has played so far against USA, Pakistan and Netherlands, playing the latter two matches after a battle with a stomach infection that put him in the hospital and reportedly led to him losing a considerable amount of weight too. In his last eight innings, he has five ducks.

In eight innings this year, Abhishek has made 182 runs at an average of...