SportsAdda published its Narendra Modi Stadium IPL records feature on 25 July 2026, cataloguing the batting ceilings, bowling floors and chase arithmetic the world's largest cricket ground has produced in the IPL since its February 2020 reopening. The dossier names six seasons of numbers — Punjab Kings 243 for 5 against Gujarat Titans on 25 March 2025 with Shreyas Iyer 97 not out from 42, Sunrisers Hyderabad bowled out for 86 by the same Gujarat attack on 12 May 2026, Shubman Gill's 129 from 60 in Qualifier 2 on 26 May 2023, Mohit Sharma's 5 for 10 in 2.2 overs in that same match, and Rinku Singh's five successive sixes off Yash Dayal that took Kolkata Knight Riders to 207 for 7 chasing 206 on 9 April 2023. Royal Challengers Bengaluru closed the 2026 season at this venue with Virat Kohli unbeaten on 75 from 42 to lift the trophy on 31 May, the fourth IPL final in five years to be staged at Motera.
Source work for this read was filed by the editorial desk against the SportsAdda record ledger dated 25 July 2026 and cross-checked against the official IPL match centre. Every number below is anchored to a named date, a named match, or a named player. Where a record is shared, or where the venue's finals history leaves a single year out (Chepauk in Chennai hosted the 2024 final), the caveat is stated in place.
Team totals — the ceiling and the floor
The highest team total at the venue belongs to Punjab Kings, who made 243 for 5 against Gujarat Titans on 25 March 2025 in a match that doubled as the highest aggregate any IPL fixture at this ground has produced. Shreyas Iyer finished 97 not out from 42 balls in that innings, his strike rate the second-fastest any Punjab batter has managed in Motera. Gujarat's reply of 232 for 5 could not close an 11-run gap — Punjab won by that margin and the combined 475 runs remains the single-match scoring record the venue carries.
At the other end of the scale, Sunrisers Hyderabad hold the lowest total the ground has seen in the IPL, bowled out for 86 in 14.5 overs by Gujarat Titans on 12 May 2026. Gujarat had made 168 for 5 in their innings; Mohammed Siraj, Kagiso Rabada and Jason Holder (3 for 17) then shared the wickets as SRH were skittled for 86 in reply, an 82-run margin. The dismissal range is informative for fantasy readers — three frontline seamers were rotated inside a powerplay-plus-five plan, and Holder's left-arm angle was the variation that broke the middle overs open.
The chase ceiling, set in 2023
Kolkata Knight Riders hold the highest successful chase at the ground, having run down 206 on 9 April 2023. Rinku Singh hit five successive sixes off Yash Dayal in the final over to take KKR to 207 for 7 and a three-wicket win. Rashid Khan had taken a hat-trick for Gujarat earlier in the innings — the first hat-trick at this ground in the IPL — but the target proved beyond even that single-over intervention. For fantasy squads, the read is precise: at this ground, no target above 200 has been defended successfully in the IPL since the venue reopened.
The individual ceiling — Gill's 129 in Qualifier 2
The highest individual IPL score at the Narendra Modi Stadium is Shubman Gill's 129 from 60 balls against Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 2 on 26 May 2023. That innings was, at the time it was played, the highest score in any IPL playoff, surpassing Virender Sehwag's 122. Gujarat won the match by 62 runs; the same fixture produced the best bowling spell the venue has witnessed (see below). For the captain desk, the read is that high-ceiling innings at this ground tend to come from set batters who pace the powerplay rather than blast it — Gill reached his fifty in 33 balls, his hundred in 54.
The bowling floor — Mohit Sharma's 5 for 10
The best bowling figures at this ground belong to Mohit Sharma, whose 5 for 10 in 2.2 overs finished Qualifier 2 against Mumbai Indians on 26 May 2023. Mumbai were 149 for 4 in the 16th over when Sharma began his spell; he removed the set batter first ball, then took three more in the 19th, and a fifth off his 14th legal delivery as Mumbai were dismissed for 171. The figures are the best 5-for return anywhere in the IPL at this venue and the only such return on the ground since its 2020 reopening.
A note on the wicket-takers' list
Rashid Khan is the leading wicket-taker at the Narendra Modi Stadium in IPL cricket, sitting on 34 wickets from his time with Gujarat Titans and the venue's spin-friendly square turns. Mohit Sharma is second on 29. The two have been central to Gujarat's home record and to the venue's identity as a ground where finger-spin in the middle phase can dictate par scores; the death-overs work has gone to quicks who can hold their line under lights.
Finals history — four of the last five in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad has now staged four of the last five IPL finals. The 2022 final was won by Gujarat Titans in their debut season; the 2023 final was won by Chennai Super Kings; the 2025 final was won by Royal Challengers Bengaluru; and on 31 May 2026 RCB lifted the trophy again at this ground, with Virat Kohli unbeaten on 75 from 42 in a chase that was completed with eleven balls to spare. Only the 2024 final broke the pattern — that fixture was held at Chepauk in Chennai.
The four-in-five run is the venue's clearest editorial marker for fantasy squads planning their pre-finals team selections. Captain picks for the Ahmedabad final slot have hit on all-rounder anchors with a high chase floor — the read is consistent across 2022, 2023, 2025 and 2026 — and differentials built around reverse-swing death-overs bowlers have paid off in three of the four.
What the ledger means for fantasy squads
Three working reads flow from this record book for the desk's fantasy-math audience.
First, the venue is chase-favourable in the IPL. The highest successful chase has been 206, the lowest defended total reading remains higher than the lowest achieved, and the past three Ahmedabad finals have been batting first for one side only by virtue of a toss-lean that the bowling side could not convert. Captain picks for fixtures at this ground have, on the period of the dossier, rewarded a 2x multiplier assigned to a set chase batter rather than a powerplay blaster.
Second, the bowling ceiling belongs to seamers who can nail a specific over. Mohit Sharma's 5 for 10 was concentrated inside four deliveries within a 16th-to-20th-over block. Jason Holder's 3 for 17 against Hyderabad in May 2026 came inside a similar window. A captain slot for a death-overs seamer at this ground should be treated as high-variance, but the ceiling is documented.
Third, the spin-wicket record belongs to Rashid Khan, and the captain implication is narrower than the seam one. Middle-overs spinners have hit their role fit when ground dimensions allow a fifth-stump line, and the venue's square-turn help is the most consistent feature the desk has logged across four seasons.
Numbers in one place
The working ledger against this dossier reads as follows: highest IPL team total at the ground, Punjab Kings 243 for 5 (25 March 2025); lowest total, Sunrisers Hyderabad 86 all out (12 May 2026); highest successful chase, Kolkata Knight Riders 207 for 7 chasing 206 (9 April 2023); highest individual IPL score, Shubman Gill 129 off 60 (26 May 2023, Qualifier 2); best bowling, Mohit Sharma 5 for 10 in 2.2 overs (26 May 2023, Qualifier 2); leading wicket-taker, Rashid Khan 34; finals hosted since 2022, four of five (2022, 2023, 2025, 2026).
The next confirmed update the desk is watching lands when franchises file their retentions ahead of the next mega auction cycle, with the 2026 final on 31 May the most recent entry this venue has added to the ledger. Until that list clears, the working record book for Ahmedabad's IPL is fixed: the 243 ceiling Punjab set, the 86 floor Gujarat's seam attack imposed, Gill's 129, Mohit's 5 for 10, Rinku's five successive sixes, Rashid Khan's 34 wickets, and the run of four Ahmedabad finals in the last five seasons that finished with Kohli's unbeaten 75 lifting the trophy.
Readers tracking new entries to this ledger as the next cycle plays out can keep an eye on the Press Room, where the desk files short updates when fresh match figures arrive and longer analysis once each season's retention window closes.
What the desk carries into the next IPL cycle
Three working reads anchor the desk's brief for the venue as the league turns toward the next mega auction: chase arithmetic has consistently rewarded anchoring batters over powerplay blasters at this ground; the bowling ceiling has belonged to seamers who land a four-ball sequence inside the 16th-to-20th-over block; and the spin identity has run through Rashid Khan's middle-overs work, with Mohit Sharma second on the venue wicket-takers' list at 29. Fantasy squads watching the 2026-27 retention moves should expect Punjab's March 2025 order, Gujarat's 12 May 2026 seam plan and Gujarat's 26 May 2023 bowling effort to remain the local benchmarks until the next Ahmedabad fixture adds to the book.