Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad is another city that has good chances of becoming an IPL franchise in IPL 2022. The newly built cricket stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat is the largest cricket stadium in the world with a seating capacity of 132,000 spectators. It is known as Narendra Modi Stadium or the Motera Stadium. Recently, the ground hosted few international games. The five matches of the T20I series between India and England were all hosted at Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Moreover, it also hosted few matches of IPL 2021. The Narendra Modi Stadium was scheduled to host all the playoffs matches and the final of IPL 2021. Therefore, Ahmedabad city can become one of the two new IPL franchises in IPL 2022. Earlier, Gujarat Lions became part of the Indian Premier League and participated in IPL 2016 and IPL 2017.