India, Feb. 20 -- The Indian team has marched into the Super 8s of the T20 World Cup 2026. With the crucial phase of the tournament approaching, the Indian fans and also probably the management would have hoped to be discussing match-ups, margins and momentum. Instead, Abhishek Sharma's form has turned into the loudest headline - three ducks in the group stage, not a single run, and the kind of noise that can swallow a top-order batter if a camp even briefly starts treating it like a crisis.

On Friday, India bowling coach Morne Morkel tried to kill that storyline before it grew further teeth. The message from the press conference was clear: the dressing room isn't holding team meetings over Abhishek's zeroes. It is holding faith.

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