The Indian cricket team will be playing the final match of the 2026 T20 World Cup on March 8 against New Zealand at Ahmedabad. Meanwhile, the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, which will be hosting the final match, does not have a good memory, especially after the 19th November heartbreak in 2023. And now that the T20 World Cup final has been scheduled in the same place, it has been a natural eerie error for the fans. In such a blooming superstitious environment, when the news of the Indian team staying in a different hotel than the previous 2023 ODI World Cup final, the natural question was, is it superstition? Notably, unlike the rest of the time, the Indian team is residing in the Taj Skyline. The other hotel that was assigned was the ITC Narmada. A News18 report said that the Indian team will be using the hotel's dressing room mostly to avoid the curses. But is it the superstition or ICC rules? Cricket and superstition often go hand-in-hand. For players, it's sometimes that the left thigh pad is before the right thigh pad. And when a player becomes a commentator later, he starts ironing clothes, because one day he ironed his shirt, and India won. But here, the case is different. The ICC had actually booked the ITC Narmada and Taj Skyline hotels for the two finalists. But the hotels were not decided for any team in particular. Rather, it was said that whoever qualifies first will be residing in the ITC Narmada. And the second one to qualify will stay in Taj Skyline. Read also: Dravid, Ashwin join consortium for ETPL Glasgow franchise But is the Indian team really away from superstitions? Debatable. On March 3, during the lunar eclipse, the Indian team delayed the practice for an hour. They were supposed to practice at the Wankhed Stadium for the semifinal match from 6 pm to 9 pm. However, with the lunar eclipse happening from 3:20 pm to 6:47 pm, they decided to start an hour late. They opted to wait for the eclipse to conclude to start their final preparations for the high-stakes T20 World Cup 2026 semifinal against England on a "positive note". Even Morne Morkel, the side's bowling coach, confirmed the situation. Well, the situation turned in their favor. India won the semifinal by a thin margin of 7 runs despite a valiant effort from the young Jacob Bethell.