Record crowd of 104,000 watches Hardik Pandya's Gujarat Titans lift IPL 2022 title

The IPL 2022 final between Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals was special in more ways than one.

Not only did the Titans lift the title in their debut season, the match was witnessed by a record crowd of 104,000 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday.

The world's biggest cricket stadium has a total capacity of 132,000 and organisers said that 104,859 supporters turned up for the title match.

The highest recorded attendance for a white-ball match was the 2015 World Cup final between Australia and New Zealand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which was watched by a crowd of 93,000.

Previously, Eden Gardens in Kolkata used to have more than 100,000 spectators in the stands regularly before fixed seats were introduced, reducing the capacity to around 68,000.

Gujarat dominated the final from the start, with captain Pandya leading the way with the ball. Putting in the best performance of the tournament when it mattered most, the star all-rounder picked up 3-17 to restrict Rajasthan to 130-9.

He got the prized scalp of tournament's top-scorer Jos Buttler, getting the Englishman caught behind for 39, to send the Titans on their way to victory.

They had a plan and they played to it magnificently. Everyone seemed to rise into their role but no one more so than Hardik Pandya who climbed his highest peak @gujarat_titans

In the chase, opening batsman Shubman Gill lived a charmed life but remained unbeaten on 45, finishing the match with a six over fine leg off Obed McCoy.

Pandya played his part with the bat as well, scoring a sensible 34 off 30 balls to also clinch the player of the match award. Gujarat reached the target with seven wickets and 11 deliveries in hand.

After guiding his team to the IPL title in his first