Team India planning 2 major changes to end ‘Ahmedabad jinx’:Will stay in different hotel from 2023, will use visiting team’s dressing room

Team India defeated England by 7 runs in the semifinals of the T20 World Cup 2026 on Thursday. Next up, the Men in Blue will face New Zealand at the Narendra Modi Stadium on 8 March in the final. The venue brings back memories of the ODI World Cup 2023 final, when India were unbeaten throughout the tournament but stumbled at the final hurdle. Australia stunned the home crowd to win the World Cup, and gave fans a major nightmare that still hurts till date. During the ongoing T20 World Cup, India were unbeaten in the group before their streak was ended abruptly by South Africa. That match also took place at the Narendra Modi Stadium. The Indian team are planning two major changes to avoid the ‘Ahmedabad jinx’ as it is being called on social media by netizens. What is the ‘Ahmedabad jinx’? The India vs Australia final on 19 November is still etched in the memories of die-hard fans. The dismissal of Indian captain Rohit Sharma in Glenn Maxwell’s over. The Men in Blue stumbled their way to a below-par total of 240, which Australia easily chased down thanks to Travis Head’s century. Fast forward to 22 February 2026, an unbeaten Indian team locked horns with South Africa, who had also won all their matches. The Proteas prevailed by 76 runs in front of a packed Motera Stadium, as fans were left disappointed again. Team India’s plans to counter the jinx Superstitions are not that common in modern-day cricket, but cricketers actually believe in them. That is the reason why the Indian team delayed their practise session on 4 March, to avoid playing during the lunar eclipse to avoid the ‘bad luck’ associated with the ‘chandra grahan’. Similarly, with the T20 World Cup due to be played in Ahmedabad again, the Indian team is planning to stay in a different hotel and change their dressing room from 2023, to avoid bad luck. According to a Firstpost report citing veteran journalist Vimal Kumar, the Indian team will be staying in a different hotel from the one where they camped in 2023. He also revealed that the Indian team will not be using the dressing room allotted to the ‘home team’, instead, they will be using the visiting team’s dressing room. Whether it will bring fortune or not remains to be seen, but such faith and belief certainly helps players down the pre-match nerves, which might just turn out to be a deciding factor in a final.