The top 7 loudest cheers in IPL history and IPL 2025

The Indian Premier League has produced a lot of justifiable hype over many years. What started relatively quietly in 2008 has since grown into an impressive, loud and massively popular tournament that is appreciated not only in India, but around the globe as well.

It attracts a massive number of fan interest and IPL match predictions are debated across newsrooms and living rooms alike!

From Eden Gardens in Kolkata and the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai to the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru to the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi – and elsewhere across India – the fame, fortune, lights and sounds of the IPL are getting bigger and better with each season.

While statistics and records differentiate one IPL venue from another, there are extra factors to consider when comparing grounds. For example, it’s interesting to know where the highest decibel sound is in cricket stadiums for the IPL.

The highest dB sound in IPL history overall and for the 2025 tournament in isolation make for intriguing reading. While there is always almost elevated volume levels at the stadiums, certain activities frequently elevate the collective din. Platforms that track fan engagement and stadium atmosphere across sports often highlight how crowd energy contributes to the unique character of each venue. Let’s consider some of these cacophonies from tournaments past and the present edition.

Highest decibel sound in cricket stadiums at 2025 IPL – the 7 loudest

1. 138 dB – Virat Kohli at Wankhede Stadium

Virat Kohli broke the record for the highest collective cheer in the Indian Premier League when he walked out to bat at the Wankhede Stadium during the Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s fixture against the Mumbai Indians. As the top run-scorer in the history of the tournament, which started in 2008, and the highest run-scorer in this particular IPL season, Kohli relished the huge praise from 1000s of fans dotted around the ground. And to think, this wasn’t even at his IPL home ground – the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Kohli returned the praise by striking a match-winning 67 in the Royal Challengers’ 12-run win over the five-time IPL champions.

2. 129 dB – Rohit Sharma at Wankhede Stadium

The second highest decibel sound in cricket stadiums at the 2025 IPL also happened in Mumbai. This time, it was former MI captain Rohit Sharma on the receiving end of the rapturous praise. Sharma has hit the most sixes among Indian players in the history of the IPL – and the second most overall. Only the West Indies’ Chris Gayle has more. Sharma’s first six of this IPL season, during a modest knock of 13 in Mumbai’s eight-wicket win over the Kolkata Knight Riders, really brought the full voice of the massive crowd gathered at the Wankhede Stadium.

3. 128 dB – Rohit Sharma at Wankhede Stadium

Yes, it’s Sharma again – and again at the Wankhede Stadium. This time the opposition was the Chennai Super Kings and they triggered another six. Sharma had fallen for a duck in his previous fixture against CSK, so had a lot to make up for. He did just that, striking an outstanding 76 not out from 45 deliveries for the Player of the Match award in a nine-wicket win for Mumbai. Used as an impact player on the day, Sharma opened the batting and gathered six sixes in total. The last of the six sixes was off Sri Lankan pace ace Matheesha Pathirana – and brought up a 100-run partnership alongside the hard-hitting Suryakumar Yadav.

4. 126 dB – Quinton de Kock at Eden Gardens

De Kock is part of the record for the highest decibel sound in cricket stadiums at the 2025 IPL received by overseas players. Sharma, Kohli and others are, of course, local heroes. De Kock, though, hails from South Africa. The Proteas wicketkeeper-batter is a new recruit for the Kolkata Knight Riders – and fans are enjoying his presence at the top of the order and behind the wickets. He only hit one four on debut for KKR in the 2025 IPL, but it was enough to send new and old fans alike into record-breaking collective cheer. The Royal Challengers Bangalore ultimately won the match, though.

5. 126 dB – Shubman Gill at M Chinnaswamy Stadium

This high decibel sound wasn’t necessarily in praise of Gill, but rather for his dismissal. Bengaluru fans were really appreciative when RCB seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar combined with fielder Liam Livingstone to get rid of the Gujarat Titans captain. The wicket added to Kumar’s status at the most prolific seamer in the history of the IPL, but it was not enough to prevent the Titans from collecting an eight-wicket win as England star Jos Buttler and West Indies star Sherfane Rutherford delivered match-winning knocks after the early departure of their captain.

6. 123 dB – Venkatesh Iyer at Eden Gardens

Iyer was in contention to captain the Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2025 IPL. He eventually did not get the job, which went to new leader Ajinkya Rahane. Iyer has continued to deliver on cue, regardless, and one of his three sixes against the Sunrisers Hyderabad in Kolkata gave the loud crowd a lot to cheer about. Kolkata won the match by 80 runs and Iyer also took two catches to get rid of SRH danger men Abhishek Sharma and Aniket Verma.

7. 120 dB – MS Dhoni at Barsapara Cricket Stadium

Guwahati, admittedly, doesn’t get a lot of IPL cricket. But they took full advantage when the Rajasthan Royals played the Chennai Super Kings. Their elation was particularly evident when MS Dhoni stepped onto the field. Dhoni scored 16 on the day and orchestrated a stumping off the bowling of Ravichandran Ashwin, but it was not enough to prevent CSK from slipping to a tight six-run defeat at the hands of the Royals.

We have reflected on the highest decibel sounds in cricket stadiums at the 2025 edition of the IPL. Now, let’s consider the highest dB sounds in the history of the tournament, which is currently in its 18th season since its 2008 debut.

Highest dB sound in IPL history

1. 138 dB – Virat Kohli at Wankhede Stadium

Time will tell whether any IPL ground manages to outdo what the Wankhede Stadium achieved in 2025, but at the moment Kohli in Bengaluru still has the record. This might change during the play-offs for example, when there is effectively a lot more on the line and even bigger crowds around.

2. 131 dB – Anjinkya Rahane at Wankhede Stadium

In the 2024 IPL, before Rahane was in consideration for the KKR captaincy, he was still playing for the Chennai Super Kings. Rahane got out to Mumbai Indians seamer Gerald Coetzee and the Wankhede Stadium supporters duly celebrated in full voice. It was the highest dB sound in IPL history at the time, before the same stadium broke the record a year later.

3. 130 dB – MS Dhoni at MA Chidambaram Stadium

This happened during CSK’s first match of the 2024 IPL at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. All it took was Chennai’s beloved captain MS Dhoni to step onto the field en route to the toss out in the middle. The longstanding appreciation and adoration of Dhoni is that evident. The Super Kings won the match.

4. 129 dB – Rohit Sharma at Wankhede Stadium

Sharma’s first six of the 2025 IPL prompted the second highest dB sound for that season and is the fourth overall in the history of the Indian Premier League. This is a fitting status for one of India’s greatest international and domestic batters. He will probably deliver a few more record-breaking stadium cheers in the future.

5. 128 dB – Dinesh Karthik at M Chinnaswamy Stadium

As an aspiring television cricket commentator, Karthik will no doubt appreciate the collective rapture he received in 2024, when he was playing for RCB against the Punjab Kings. The Royal Challengers needed 10 runs in the final over of the chase to win the match. Karthik duly obliged his cue to hit a six off Arshdeep Singh from the first ball of that over. The rest of the over was a proverbial walk in the park for Karthik, as RCB strided to victory.

6. 128 dB – Rohit Sharma at Wankhede Stadium

Sharma’s Player of the Match performance for the Mumbai Indians at their home ground in 2025 is not only one of the loudest dB sounds achieved in 18th edition of the tournament, but also among the loudest in the IPL’s history. Sharma and reactions to him remain synonymous with loud shouts for the national hero.

7. 127 dB – Shivam Dube at MA Chidambaram Stadium

Dube was playing for the Chennai Super Kings at the time when he hit successive sixes against the Gujarat Titans in Chepauk. His back-to-back biggies brought the full appreciation of the home crowd during the 2024 Indian Premier League. Dube has since become a mainstay in the CSK middle order, especially as they navigate a 2025 campaign without injured captain Ruturaj Gaikwad and as MS Dhoni draws closer to the end of his prolific career.

In summary, the IPL will no doubt continue to churn out record-breaking sights and sounds. It seems just a matter of time before other players and stadiums – or the current record holders themselves – produce more unprecedented volumes going forward. This is one of the reasons that makes the IPL one of the biggest and best domestic T20 tournaments around the world. The SA20, BBL, PSL, CPL and others can only aspire to be as loud and proud.

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