AMD 16 May, tbc Narendra Modi Stadium
Ahmedabad
The biggest stadium on Earth, and a city that eats at 10pm.
The road in
660 km from the last ground. In town Thu, 13 May 2027 to Tue, 18 May 2027; match on Sun, 16 May 2027, tbc at Narendra Modi Stadium. Dates are illustrative until the official IPL 2027 fixtures are published.
Riverfront walks, old pols with carved wooden balconies, and a night food market that fills a whole square.
The Motera stadium's rim from the Sabarmati riverfront at night.
What we ate
Dabeli from a cart in Manek Chowk after dark, a full Gujarati thali at noon, and fafda-jalebi on a Sunday morning.
After dark
Riverfront walks, old pols with carved wooden balconies, and a night food market that fills a whole square.
- Manek Chowk at 11pm, the whole crew eating off one cart.
- The stadium rim seen from the riverfront is the size of a weather front.
- Last leg: the white paint has every city's dust on it.
Matchday at Narendra Modi
The ground holds a hundred and thirty thousand and still sounds close. The outfield is huge; running twos is a sport in itself.
The Ahmedabad roll
