FIFA World Cup is below IPL in that regard; Social Media as the Power of Cricket

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FIFA World Cup is below IPL in that regard; Social Media as the Power of Cricket

Fans who come to the stadium to watch the game always make the match exciting. Fans cheer for their favorite player and team and chant for them in every move of the team.

Be it football, cricket, rugby or basketball, if there are no fans in the stadium, no matter how well the teams perform, the match will be boring. In a sense, the people who come to the stadium are the ones who cheer the match.

The presence of fans in the T20 World Cup in 2022 and the ongoing Qatar World Cup has been no small feat for the team. But in 2022, this is not the match that most people came to the stadium to watch. Those are the matches in the IPL!

The IPL semi-final and final matches in 2022 saw the largest number of people reach the stadium. The IPL 2022 final between Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Gujarat was the largest stadium attendance in 2022.

1,04,859 people flocked to watch the final match. The final match of IPL 2022 also held the Guinness record for the most watched cricket match.

1,01,039 people came to watch a semi-final match of IPL 2022.

Extremely delighted & proud to receive the Guinness World Record for the largest attendance at a T20 match when 101,566 people witnessed the epic @IPL final at @GCAMotera‘s magnificent Narendra Modi Stadium on 29 May 2022. A big thanks to our fans for making this possible! @BCCI https://t.co/JHilbDLSB2

— Jay Shah (@JayShah) November 27, 2022

Although it has been a few days since these figures came out, the ripples have not stopped on social media. Cricket fans are celebrating these stats even when the football world cup is going on.

It is certain that this record will not be broken in the ongoing Qatar World Cup. Lucille Stadium, where the final match is held, has the highest capacity in the World Cup. The capacity of Lucille Stadium is 88,966.

The Argentina-Mexico group stage match saw the largest crowd at the stadium in this World Cup. A full capacity crowd of Lucille Stadium came to the stadium to support their favorite team in that match.

The Brazil-Serbia match in Group G had the record attendance in the 2022 World Cup. 88,103 people came to the stadium to watch the Canaries play.

The audience reached the stadium in the Brazil-Serbia match, surpassing the record of the live audience in the previous Saudi Arabia-Argentina match. 88,012 people watched the Saudi-Argentina match at the stadium.

Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals clashed in the final match of IPL 2022 which was the biggest stadium crowd this year. Taking full advantage of the home crowd, the Titans grabbed the win.

Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson won the toss and chose to bat. But Rajasthan might not build a good total.

When Gujarat skipper Hardik Pandya failed to bowl, Rajasthan ended the innings at 130 runs for nine wickets in the stipulated over. Pandya took three wickets for 17 runs.

The Titans, who batted in reply, got the victory in the innings of Shubman Gill, Hardik and Miller. This achievement of the Titans also had the distinction of winning the IPL title in their first season.

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