Match overview
Gujarat Titans won the IPL 2022 final by 7 wickets at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on 29 May 2022, claiming their first IPL title in their debut season. Rajasthan Royals, who won the toss and chose to bat, were restricted to 130/9, a total well below the venue's average first-innings score of 206. Gujarat's chase was controlled from the outset. They reached 133/3, losing no wickets in the death overs and sealing the match with a performance that rarely looked in doubt after Rajasthan's middle-overs collapse.
Rajasthan's innings started decently enough: 44/1 in the powerplay. But 4 wickets fell in the middle phase for 50 runs, and the damage was done by the time the death overs arrived. They added 36/4 in the final phase, which only highlighted how comprehensively the innings had unravelled in the middle period. Hardik Pandya, who collected the Player of the Match award, was a central figure across both innings for the victors.
Venue and conditions
Narendra Modi Stadium has hosted 95 T20 matches, with an average first-innings score of 206 and an average second-innings score of 196. Rajasthan's 130/9 therefore represented a shortfall of 76 runs against the venue norm. The ground's powerplay average of 43 runs aligns closely with what Gujarat managed in their chase (31/2), though Rajasthan were more aggressive early on at 44/1.
The ground's toss-field rate stands at 60 per cent, meaning captains more often choose to field after winning the toss here. Rajasthan bucked that trend and paid for it. The chase success rate at the ground is 53 per cent, fractionally in favour of the side batting second, which made Gujarat's position even more comfortable once the target was set below 135.
Death bowling and batting tend to run close to the venue average at Narendra Modi Stadium: both sides recorded 36 runs in the death phase of this match, right on the 38-run average. The divergence came in the middle overs, where Gujarat's 66/1 compared starkly to Rajasthan's 50/4 in the same phase.
How to watch
IPL matches are broadcast in the UK on Sky Sports Cricket, with live streaming available through Sky Go and NOW TV for subscribers. The IPL typically schedules its evening matches at around 19:30 IST, which translates to 14:00 BST. Finals and high-profile games occasionally draw supplementary digital commentary from cricket broadcasters, so checking Sky Sports' schedule ahead of time is advisable for exact UK kickoff times.
Recent form
Heading into the final, both sides had mixed recent form across the tournament. Rajasthan Royals won three of their last five matches, beating Royal Challengers Bangalore, Chennai Super Kings, and Lucknow Super Giants, whilst losing to Gujarat Titans and Delhi Capitals. Gujarat Titans also went three wins from five in the same stretch, defeating Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants but dropping matches to Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians.
The head-to-head context matters here. Across 9 career meetings, Gujarat lead Rajasthan 6–3. More recently, Rajasthan won the last two encounters between the sides (in 2025 and 2026), though those results came after this 2022 final. On the night in Ahmedabad, Gujarat's composure with the bat in the middle overs proved the difference, and they go into any future meetings with the weight of that title win behind them.
