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India is set to face New Zealand in the T20 World Cup final at the Narendra Modi Stadium, aiming for back-to-back titles. While India’s key players like Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, and Jasprit Bumrah lead a strong campaign, New Zealand seeks to overturn past final defeats. A high-scoring, thrilling clash is expected in front of 132,000 fans.

Ahmedabad: Team India stands on the cusp of creating World Cup history in the shortest format of the sport with a chance to win back-to-back T20 World Cup titles on Sunday against a New Zealand side determined more than ever to spoil India’s own party at the Narendra Modi Stadium, on Sunday.

The Suryakumar Yadav-led side will not be up against just a supremely talented New Zealand outfit but the superstition of bad luck at the world’s biggest cricket stadium that haunts Indian teams ever since the infamous night of November 2, 2023.

The only blip in the Indian campaign in this edition was also at this venue in the Super Eight stage against South Africa, where a massive 76-run defeat had threatened to derail India’s World Cup hopes at one stage.

Thereafter, they have functioned like a well-oiled machine with the most critical cogs in the wheels, if not all, performing at optimal levels. The explosion and resurrection of Sanju Samson has been the most heartening of them all with his blockbuster efforts against West Indies in the last Super Eight game and the semifinal against England turning the corner for India.