India skipper Virat Kohli is hoping that the pitches on offer for the T20 World Cup 2021 will be better as compared to the ones served during the recently concluded IPL.

Notably, the second phase of IPL 2021 in UAE mostly saw low-scoring games and batters struggled to get going.

Considering the high-scoring IPL final, however, Kohli is expecting some sort of changes in the nature of tracks.

"I believe so. Looking at the IPL final, I believe that quality of pitches definitely is going to be far better in this T20 World Cup," Kohli said on the eve of the big game against Pakistan.

"Also being an ICC tournament, we know that standard of pitches is going to be maintained up to a certain degree which is consistent across all venues.

"I knew that to protect the pitches for a tournament like World Cup, there had to be some compromise in playing conditions when we played the IPL. We all understood that and wicket in the IPL final (between CSK and KKR) was very very good," he added.

Kohli also agreed that the dew factor will be crucial as the tournament progresses.

"Dew factor will be prominent as we head into this time of the year in Dubai. That is also going to help the pitches play much better.

"I believe Abu Dhabi and Dubai are going to be best pitches out of all the venues. Sharjah more or less will stay more or less true to its nature, which is slow and low and I don't myself too many high scoring matches ....," he concluded.

India will open their T20 World Cup campaign against Pakistan on October 24 in Dubai. After facing the arch-rivals, the Men in Blue will take on New Zealand and Afghanistan on October 31 and November 3 in Dubai and Abu Dhabi respectively while their games against the two qualifying teams, Scotland and Namibia, will be held in Dubai on November 5 and November 8.

(With PTI inputs)