IND vs NZ Final: Ahmedabad pitch will be like Wankhede, runs will rain in the final too

By Samira Vishwas On Mar 6, 2026

The final match of ICC T20 World Cup 2026 between India and New Zealand will be played on Sunday (8 March) at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The Kiwi team has reached Ahmedabad for the title match. He played the first semi-final. After defeating South Africa at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata on Wednesday, the New Zealand team boarded a flight to Ahmedabad the next day.

The Kiwi team has also started training after reaching Ahmedabad. On the other hand, the Indian team reached Ahmedabad on Friday after defeating England in the second semi-final. Team India will train on Saturday. Meanwhile, big news has come out regarding the pitch. The final match will be played on the same pitch as was used in the semi-final played between India and England at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

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How will the pitch be for the final?

A green pitch was prepared at Wankhede Stadium for the semi-finals. Earlier questions were raised about the pitch but here 499 runs were scored. The Ahmedabad pitch for the title match will also be similar. According to the report of ESPNcricinfo, the final match will be held on the center pitch prepared from a mixture of red and black soil. Like Wankhede, there will be a good surge here too. There is likely to be less help for the spinners. The final match is also going to be high-scoring.

Only one match of this T20 World Cup has been played on the pitch used in the India-New Zealand final match. That means the pitch is almost fresh. The match between South Africa and Canada took place on this pitch on 9 February. In that match, South Africa had scored 213 runs.

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New Zealand players training at Narendra Modi Stadium, Photo Credit: PTI

Squads of both the teams:

India – Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar.

New Zealand – Tim Seifert (wk), Finn Allen, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner (c), Jimmy Neesham, Cole McConchie, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Jacob Duffy, Ish Sodhi, Kyle Jameson, Devon Conway.