# Narendra Modi Stadium Pitch Report: Ahmedabad IPL Scores, Toss and Records Source: https://cricketin.org/en/stadiums/narendra-modi-stadium [By Karthik Iyengar](/en/authors/data-editor), Data Editor. [Reviewed by Anjali Deshmukh](/en/authors/cricket-analyst), Cricket Analyst. Updated 11 Nov 2026. Editorial policy: https://cricketin.org/en/editorial-policy 18+. Betting carries financial risk and can become addictive. Free helpline Tele-MANAS: 14416. --- Narendra Modi Stadium pitch report: 188.9 average first innings since 2022, an even bat-first and chase split, toss record, records and top players. The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad scores slightly above the IPL average: since 2022 the average first innings there is 188.9, against 186.4 across all IPL grounds. It is the most evenly balanced of the ten IPL home grounds, with batting first and chasing each winning 18 of 36 decided matches since 2022, and 26 of 52 over its whole IPL record. Data: Cricsheet, IPL 2010 to 2026. [Online casino games](/en/casino) on Cricketin run from Aviator to Crazy Time. Below are the numbers behind that report, what toss winners choose, record totals, the leading players at the ground and Gujarat Titans' home record since they joined the league. ## Narendra Modi Stadium pitch report in numbers The table compares the ground's IPL record since 2010 with the seasons since 2022, when it became Gujarat Titans' home, the 2026 season and the league-wide average since 2022. The [app version](/en/app) of Cricketin opens these pages without the browser bar. **Table 1. Narendra Modi Stadium pitch report in numbers. Data: Cricsheet, IPL 2010 to 2026, calculated 11 November 2026. The 2026 column rests on a handful of matches.** | Measure | 2010-2026 | Since 2022 | 2026 season | All IPL grounds since 2022 | |---|---|---|---|---| | IPL matches with a result | 52 | 36 | 8 | 360 | | Average first-innings score | 179.8 | 188.9 | 182.4 | 186.4 | | Average second-innings score | 161.5 | 167.9 | 149.6 | 172.0 | | Side batting second won | 50.0% | 50.0% | 50.0% | 52.2% | | Toss winners who chose to field | 73.1% | 77.8% | 75.0% | 78.1% | | Toss winner won after choosing to field | 18 of 38 | 13 of 28 | 3 of 6 | 145 of 281 | | Toss winner won after choosing to bat | 6 of 14 | 3 of 8 | 1 of 2 | 36 of 79 | | Run rate, overs 1-6 | 8.64 | 9.01 | 8.83 | 9.16 | | Run rate, overs 7-15 | 8.49 | 9.06 | 8.76 | 8.74 | | Run rate, overs 16-20 | 10.27 | 10.49 | 9.57 | 10.76 | | Sixes per match | 15.3 | 17.2 | 14.2 | 17.0 | One gap stands out. Since 2022 the average second innings here, 167.9, sits 21 runs below the first, the widest gap of the ten home grounds; elsewhere it ranges from about 9 to 16 runs. Part of any such gap is built in, because successful chases stop once the target is reached, but no other home ground shows one this wide. How a surface changes over a match is covered in our guide to [pitch conditions](/en/guides/how-pitch-conditions-work). The 2026 season followed the same pattern: an average first innings of 182.4 and a second innings of 149.6, from eight matches. ## Bat first or chase in Ahmedabad Neither side has an edge here. Since 2022 batting first and chasing have each won 18 of 36 decided matches, and over the ground's whole IPL record each has won 26 of 52. That 50% puts Ahmedabad fifteenth of the twenty grounds in our ranking of [chasing venues](/en/compare/best-ipl-venues-for-chasing), well below Jaipur's 64.7% and well above Dharamsala's 38.9%. ## What toss winners choose here Captains field first here more often than not: in 77.8% of decided matches since 2022, 28 of 36. It has not paid off. Toss winners who fielded won 13 of those 28, and the toss winner won 16 of the 36 matches in all. So the side that wins the toss in Ahmedabad has won less often than the side that loses it. The same comparison for every ground and season is on our page about the [IPL toss](/en/compare/ipl-toss-bat-or-bowl-first). ## How the runs come in Ahmedabad Since 2022 the powerplay has run at 9.01 runs an over, a little below the league's 9.16, and the middle overs at 9.06, a little above its 8.74. The death overs are where Ahmedabad differs: 10.49 runs an over, below the league's 10.76, with 2.39 wickets per innings, the most of the ten home grounds in the last five overs. The field is large at the ends, as our guide to cricket ground size at IPL venues shows. Wisden's 2023 venue guide gave the straight boundaries as about 75 metres and the square ones as about 60 to 65 metres ([Wisden, 1 October 2023](https://www.wisden.com/series/icc-mens-cricket-world-cup-2023-24/cricket-news/cwc23-venue-guide-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-10-world-cup-venues-capacity-dimensions-spin-vs-pace-records)). ## Highest and lowest totals **Table 2. Record IPL team totals at Narendra Modi Stadium, 2010 to 2026. Data: Cricsheet** | Record | Score | Team | Against | Date | |---|---|---|---|---| | Highest total | 243/5 | Punjab Kings | Gujarat Titans | 25 Mar 2025 | | Lowest all-out total | 86 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Gujarat Titans | 12 May 2026 | | Highest successful chase | 207/7 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Gujarat Titans | 9 Apr 2023 | | Lowest total defended | 130/8 | Delhi Capitals | Gujarat Titans | 2 May 2023 | The two ends of the table came close together in time: Punjab Kings' 243 for 5 in March 2025, and Sunrisers Hyderabad's 86 all out in May 2026, the lowest IPL total at the ground. The ground has also become the IPL's final venue of choice. By Cricsheet's match records it staged the final in 2022, 2023, 2025 and 2026. ## Best players at the ground **Table 3. Most IPL runs at Narendra Modi Stadium, 2010 to 2026. Data: Cricsheet** | Batter | Team | Innings | Runs | Strike rate | |---|---|---|---|---| | Shubman Gill | Gujarat Titans | 32 | 1384 | 162.6 | | Sai Sudharsan | Gujarat Titans | 27 | 1283 | 154.6 | | Jos Buttler | Gujarat Titans | 18 | 677 | 155.6 | | Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 9 | 365 | 142.0 | | Ajinkya Rahane | Rajasthan Royals | 10 | 336 | 132.3 | **Table 4. Most IPL wickets at Narendra Modi Stadium, 2010 to 2026. Data: Cricsheet** | Bowler | Team | Matches | Wickets | Economy | |---|---|---|---|---| | Rashid Khan | Gujarat Titans | 31 | 34 | 8.93 | | Mohit Sharma | Gujarat Titans | 14 | 29 | 8.64 | | Kagiso Rabada | Gujarat Titans | 15 | 26 | 9.39 | | Prasidh Krishna | Gujarat Titans | 17 | 25 | 8.55 | | Mohammed Siraj | Gujarat Titans | 20 | 22 | 9.11 | Gujarat Titans dominate both lists. Shubman Gill has 1,384 runs here and Sai Sudharsan 1,283; the next best total is Jos Buttler's 677. Mohit Sharma's 29 wickets came in only 14 matches, the best rate among the five leading wicket-takers. ## Gujarat Titans at home [Gujarat Titans](/en/teams/ipl-gujarat-titans) have played 31 IPL matches at the Narendra Modi Stadium since 2022: 18 wins and 13 defeats, a win rate of 58.1%. That is the fifth-best record of the ten sides at their 2026 home ground. Four of the others, at Chepauk, Wankhede, Chinnaswamy and Eden Gardens, are broken down team by team on our page of [team records](/en/compare/ipl-team-records-by-venue). ## The ground at a glance **Table 5. Narendra Modi Stadium at a glance** | City | Ahmedabad | |---|---| | Home team in 2026 | Gujarat Titans | | Capacity | 132,000 ([ICC venue profile](https://www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/cricketworldcup/venues)) | | Opened | Built in 1983 and renovated in 2021 ([ICC venue profile](https://www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/cricketworldcup/venues); [ICC guide, 20 September 2023](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/venues-at-the-icc-mens-cricket-world-cup-2023-a-guide)) | | First IPL match here | 2010 (Cricsheet) | | IPL matches in the archive | 53 to 31 May 2026 | The ICC's 2023 venue guide describes the stadium as the largest sports stadium in the world. Gujarat Titans played all seven home matches of 2026 here, and next season's dates will appear on the [IPL schedule](/en/leagues/ipl/schedule) page once the fixtures are out. Retention lists, auction dates and squad rules for the next season are on the [IPL 2027](/en/leagues/ipl) hub. Ground records sit next to live scores and match markets on [Cricketin](/en), for adults 18 and over. ## How we counted We downloaded the full IPL archive from Cricsheet on 10 November 2026: 1,243 matches to 31 May 2026, 53 of them at this ground from 2010 to 2026. Cricsheet publishes ball-by-ball data under the Open Data Commons Attribution licence ([Cricsheet downloads](https://cricsheet.org/downloads/)). The "since 2022" column covers the seasons from 2022 on; every figure there comes from the rebuilt stadium. - **Results.** No-result matches (0 here) are left out of every rate. Ties settled by a Super Over (1 here) are left out of the batting-order and toss rates. D/L results (1 here) stay in, and the side batting second counts as the chasing side. - **Average scores.** Full 20-over matches only. The second-innings average includes chases that ended early, so it sits below the first-innings figure by design. - **Phases.** Runs per six legal balls in overs 1-6, 7-15 and 16-20 of both innings. - **Players.** IPL matches at this ground only. The team shown is the one the player represented for most of his deliveries here. Bowlers are not credited with run outs. - **Ground name.** Cricsheet files the ground as "Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad" in 8 matches from 2010 to 2014 and as "Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad" in 45 matches. Its venue registry gives both names one identifier, so they are counted as one ground. - **Not covered.** Cricsheet does not record bowling style, so wickets are not split into pace and spin. It does not record start times either, so afternoon and evening matches are not separated. Data: Cricsheet. Period: 2010 to 2026. Calculated on 11 November 2026. ## Questions people ask ### Is the Narendra Modi Stadium a batting pitch? It scores slightly above the IPL average. Since 2022 the average first-innings score is 188.9, against 186.4 across all IPL grounds, while the death overs run a little slower than the league at 10.49 runs an over. ### What is the average first-innings score at the Narendra Modi Stadium? 188.9 in full 20-over IPL matches from 2022 to 2026 and 179.8 over its whole IPL record since 2010. In 2026 alone it was 182.4, from eight matches. ### Is it better to bat or bowl first in Ahmedabad? Neither has an edge: batting first and chasing have each won 18 of 36 decided IPL matches since 2022. Toss winners who chose to field won 13 of 28. ### What is the lowest IPL total at the Narendra Modi Stadium? 86 all out by Sunrisers Hyderabad against Gujarat Titans on 12 May 2026. The highest total is 243 for 5 by Punjab Kings on 25 March 2025. ### Who has scored the most IPL runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium? Shubman Gill, with 1,384 runs in 32 innings, ahead of Sai Sudharsan's 1,283. 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