After almost two and a quarter years, Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad is going to witness another ICC World Cup final. Once again Team India will enter the title match, where it will again be a contender to lift the trophy. But what will be different this time is the pitch of Modi Stadium.

A big revelation has come to light regarding the pitch of the final of the T20 World Cup 2026 to be played between India and New Zealand on Sunday, March 8. According to a report, this time Team India will get a 'mixed' pitch in Ahmedabad.

Chosen the pitch myself, still the work was spoiled

on March 8 when Indian team When she takes the field, the memories of November 19, 2023 will once again be fresh in the minds of the fans. This was the day when the Indian team, captained by Rohit Sharma, riding on the chariot of victory and continuously performing brilliantly, lost to Australia in the final of the World Cup 2023.

Even today, when we remember that final, what is often mentioned is the pitch used for that match, which the Indian team had made as per their choice but they themselves got stuck in it.

But not only that final, but in this T20 World Cup also, Team India was defeated by South Africa on the same ground. Between World Cup 2023 and T20 World Cup 2026, Team India has played 32 matches in 4 ICC tournaments, in which it had to face defeat in only these 2 and the mistake India made regarding the pitch in both of them became the reason for these 2 defeats.

Keeping this in mind, this time a major change has been made in the pitch and this time there will not be only black soil pitch.

Made changes after learning a lesson

According to the report of Indian Express, the Indian team is going to get a 'mixed soil' pitch for this match. That means both red soil and black soil will be used in it. Not only this, the amount of 'red soil' in this pitch is high, about 70 percent, while the remaining part is of black soil. Its importance is because India had lost in the World Cup final and the recent Super-8 and in both the black soil pitches were used, which proved to be very slow for the batsmen.

At the same time, the red clay pitch is a bit fast and the ball bounces well in it, which is good according to the playing style of the Indian batsmen. In such a situation, by using both types of soil for the final, there will be a balance between the ball and the bat. This is the reason that this time a mixed pitch is being given so that a good contest can be seen in the title match. Now what effect does this have on the final, will be digested only on the evening of March 8.

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