Team India At Narendra Modi Stadium: In the Super-8 round of T20 World Cup 2026, Team India played its first match against South Africa at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Team India's performance in this match was very poor and it lost the match by 76 runs.

With this, Team India's caravan of victories in ICC tournaments also stopped. This defeat proved to be the breaking of India's 17-match unbeaten streak in ICC events, which started after the 2023 World Cup final. But these two defeats have a lot in common.

Team India's heart broken for the second time in 3 years

Actually, Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad has now become a unique and slightly 'inauspicious' ground for Indian cricket. Team India has lost only two matches in ICC tournaments in the last three years, and both the defeats have come in this stadium. The surprising thing is that in both the matches the pitch was of black soil and Suryakumar Yadav could score only 18 runs both the times.

In the 2023 ODI World Cup final, India had set a target of 240 runs for Australia on the same ground and lost by 6 wickets. Suryakumar Yadav could score only 18 runs in that match also. Now the same story was repeated in the 2026 T20 World Cup also. Batting first, South Africa made a strong score of 187, and India was all out for 111 runs. Suryakumar scored only 18 runs in 22 balls.

Team India has had only two defeats in the last 30 ICC matches, and both in Ahmedabad.

In which black soil pitch has also played a big role. Fast bowlers get help on black soil pitch, bounce is good and spinners also get some turn later. But India's batting has been the main reason for both the ICC defeats. Fall of early wickets, inability to form partnerships and wrong shots under pressure have cost Team India heavily. That means, the problem of black soil pitch has been harmful for Team India.

Ahmedabad became India's first such ground

This stadium has now become the first home venue of India where Team India has faced defeat in the matches of three major ICC tournaments.

Apart from the ODI World Cup and T20 World Cup, Team India has also lost the Champions Trophy match on this ground. In the year 2006, West Indies defeated the Indian team in the Champions Trophy match on this ground. At that time it was known by the name of Motera Stadium.

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