2012 Indian Premier League
| File:DLF IPL Logo.svg Logo of the DLF Indian Premier League | |
| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
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| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and playoffs |
| Host(s) |  India |
| Champions | TBA |
| Participants | 9[1] |
| Matches | 76 |
| Official website | www.iplt20.com |
The 2012 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 5 or the IPL 2012 or the DLF IPL 2012 (owing to title sponsorship reasons), is the fifth season of the Indian Premier League, initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)[2] in 2007 with the first season played in 2008. The tournament began on 4 April and will end on 27 May 2012.[3] This season the number of teams in the league went from ten to nine with the termination of Kochi Tuskers Kerala.[4]
Upon progression, the season was criticized for its decreased TV viewership compared to the previous seasons. This edition of the IPL has been the most competitive with 14 matches producing results in the last over.[5][6] Almost at the end of the season, the season faced various hurdles including a spot fixing case, which allegedly included 5 players caught on a sting operation carried on by a local news channel.
Termination of Kochi
The IPL Committee terminated the Kochi Tuskers Kerala franchise after breaching the BCCI's terms of conditions. Under the terms of the agreement, each franchise has to submit a bank guarantee every year that covers the fee payable to the BCCI. The team, founded in 2010, was bought for ₹ 1,550 crore and the consortium has to pay a bank guarantee of ₹156 crore every year till 2020.[7] However, KTK's former players will participate in this season's competition after being listed on list of players to be auctioned in the Players' Auction on 4 February 2012.
On 13 January, the BCCI asked the international players of Kochi Tuskers Kerala to register individual court cases against the owners of the Kochi IPL team with the BCCI included as a party to each case.[8]
Venues
| Chennai | Mumbai | Pune | Kolkata |
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| M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | Wankhede Stadium | Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium | Eden Gardens |
| Capacity: 50,000 | Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 55,000 | Capacity: 90,000[9][10] [dubious – discuss] |
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| Mohali | Bangalore | ||
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| PCA Stadium | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 55,000 | ||
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| Hyderabad | Delhi | ||
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| Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium | Feroz Shah Kotla | ||
| Capacity: 55,000 | Capacity: 48,000 | ||
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| Vishakhapatnam | Jaipur | Cuttack | Dharamsala |
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| ACA-VDCA Stadium | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Barabati Stadium | HPCA Stadium |
| Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 23,000 |
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Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony dubbed was held in Chennai at the YMCA Ground. The ceremony included some performances by Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor, Salman Khan, Prabhu Deva, Colonial Cousins, and Katy Perry.[11] The opening game was held in the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, the home venue of the reigning champions Chennai Super Kings. The closing ceremony will also be held at the same venue.[12]
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Points table
| Team[13] | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| Delhi Daredevils | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 22 | +0.617 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 21 | +0.561 |
| Mumbai Indians | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 18 | -0.160 |
| Chennai Super Kings | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 | +0.100 |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 | -0.022 |
| Kings XI Punjab | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 16 | -0.216 |
| Rajasthan Royals | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 14 | +0.272 |
| Pune Warriors India | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 8 | -0.551 |
| Deccan Chargers | 16 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 9 | -0.509 |
League progression
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Results
Group stage
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Playoff stage
On 15 March, the IPL announced that due to the municipal election in Delhi, the playoff schedule was being slightly altered.[14] The sites of the 22 and 23 May matches were swapped, with Pune now hosting the match on 22 May and Bengaluru hosting the match on 23 May. Which match occurs on each date depends on the placement of Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final table. If Challengers finish first or second, the Eliminator (third v. fourth places) will be on 22 May and the First Qualifier (first v. second) will be on 23 May. If Challengers finish third or lower, the First Qualifier will be on 22 May and the Eliminator will be on 23 May.[15]
Fixtures
Group stage
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97/9 (12 overs) |
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100/2 (11.1 overs) |
- Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain-shortened match. Match started at 22:30 and reduced to 12 overs per side.[16]
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129/9 (20 overs) |
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101/9 (20 Overs) |
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191/4 (20 overs) |
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160/9 (20 overs) |
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
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157/8 (20 overs) |
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137/7 (20 overs) |
- Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
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193/6 (20 overs) |
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119 (17.1 overs) |
- Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field.
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164/5 (20 overs) |
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142 (20 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
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166/6 (20 overs) |
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144/8 (20 overs) |
- Pune Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
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138/9 (20 overs) |
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142/5 (20 overs) |
- Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.
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165/8 (20 overs) |
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123/9 (20 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
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110/8 (20 overs) |
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111/2 (13.2 overs) |
- Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
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197/6 (20 overs) |
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170 (19.4 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
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205/8 (20 overs) |
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208/5 (20 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.
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115 (19 overs) |
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116/3 (17.4 overs) |
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
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131/5 (20 overs) |
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137/5 (19.2 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
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155/5 (20 overs) |
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156/3 (19.2 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
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134/9 (20 overs) |
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132/7 (20 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
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195/2 (20 overs) |
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136 (20 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ajinkya Rahane smashed 6 consecutive fours off an S. Aravind over – which was a first for the IPL.[17]
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92 (19.2 overs) |
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93/3 (14.5 overs) |
- Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
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196/2 (20 overs) |
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197/5 (19.4 overs) |
- Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.
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182/6 (20 overs) |
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186/4 (20 overs) |
- Pune Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
- Chris Gayle created the record for the most number of consecutive sixes during a match in IPL history where he hit Rahul Sharma for 5 consecutive sixes in a single over.[18]
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124/7 (20 overs) |
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127/2 (16.3 overs) |
- Kings XI Punjab won toss and elected to bat.
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157/8 (20 overs) |
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162/5 (19.1 overs) |
- Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.
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164/5 (20 overs) |
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151/7 (20 overs) |
- Pune Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
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163/6 (20 overs) |
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166/5 (19.3 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
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146/4 (20 overs) |
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147/3 (20 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
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192/3 (20 overs) |
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172/7 (20 overs) |
- Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
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163/6 (20 overs) |
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164/4 (19.3 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
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126/7 (20 overs) |
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127/5 (19 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
- The match had a delayed start, but was not shortened.[19]
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189/3 (20 overs) |
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143/7 (20 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
- The Man of the Match award was originally given to AB de Villiers, who then presented it to KP Appanna.
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146/2 (20 overs) |
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148/2 (16 overs) |
- Pune Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
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168/3 (20 overs) |
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- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
- Match abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain.[citation needed]
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177/4 (20 overs) |
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159/7 (20 overs) |
- Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.
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207/5 (20 overs) |
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170/9 (20 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
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156/8 (20 overs) |
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149/8 (20 overs) |
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
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190/4 (20 overs) |
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143/6 (20 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
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152/6 (20 overs) |
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151/3 (20 overs) |
- Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat.
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100 (18.4 overs) |
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101/5 (18.1 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
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139/5 (20 overs) |
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140/5 (19.4 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
- The Man of the Match award was originally given to Gautam Gambhir, who then presented it to Debabrata Das.[20]
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186/4 (20 overs) |
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173/5 (20 overs) |
- Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.
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141/6 (20 overs) |
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144/4 (15.2 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
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158/5 (20 overs) |
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163/6 (19.5 overs) |
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
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120/9 (20 overs) |
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119/6 (20 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
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160/6 (20 overs) |
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150/5 (20 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
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143/8 (20 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
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177/6 (20 overs) |
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134/8 (20 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
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174/8 (20 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
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181/2 (20 overs) |
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185/5 (18.5 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
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153/9 (20 overs) |
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154/4 (18.4 overs) |
- Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat.
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125/6 (20 overs) |
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126/3 (16.2 overs) |
- Pune Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
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170/5 (20 overs) |
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145/8 (20 overs) |
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141/6 (20 overs) |
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142/1 (18 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
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187/4 (20 overs) |
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193/1 (16.4 overs) |
- Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.
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127/6 (18.1 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
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173/3 (20 overs) |
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138/9 (20 overs) |
- Pune Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
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- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
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- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
- The match started at 16:50 due to rain, but was not shortened. Also play was stopped for 8 minutes during Mumbai's chase as one of the light towers stopped working.[22]
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136/8 (20 overs) |
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140/5 (19 overs) |
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
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108/10 (19.1 overs) |
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123/4 (16.3 overs) |
- Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
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Akshath Reddy 42 (35)
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- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
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102/8 (20 overs) |
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- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
Playoff stage
- All times local (UTC+5:30)
- Qualifier 1
- Eliminator
- Qualifier 2
- Final
Statistics
Most runs
| Player[23] | Team | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
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 Chris Gayle
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Template:Cr-IPL | 14 | 733 | 61.08 | 160.74 | 128* | 1 | 7 | 46 | 59 |
| Shikhar Dhawan
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Template:Cr-IPL | 15 | 569 | 40.64 | 129.61 | 84 | 0 | 5 | 58 | 18 |
| Gautam Gambhir
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Template:Cr-IPL | 15 | 556 | 39.71 | 142.19 | 93 | 0 | 6 | 61 | 15 |
| Ajinkya Rahane
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Template:Cr-IPL | 15 | 547 | 42.07 | 131.49 | 103* | 1 | 3 | 71 | 10 |
| Virender Sehwag
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Template:Cr-IPL | 14 | 484 | 37.23 | 164.62 | 87* | 0 | 5 | 56 | 19 |
 Cameron White
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Template:Cr-IPL | 13 | 479 | 43.54 | 149.68 | 78 | 0 | 5 | 41 | 20 |
| Rahul Dravid
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Template:Cr-IPL | 15 | 457 | 30.46 | 112.28 | 58 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 4 |
| Mandeep Singh
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Template:Cr-IPL | 16 | 432 | 27.00 | 126.31 | 75 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 7 |
| Rohit Sharma
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Template:Cr-IPL | 15 | 419 | 32.23 | 129.72 | 109* | 1 | 3 | 39 | 18 |
| Robin Uthappa
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Template:Cr-IPL | 16 | 405 | 27.00 | 118.07 | 69 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 10 |
The leading run scorer of the league phase wears an orange cap while fielding.
Most wickets
| Player[24] | Team | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | SR | 4WI | 5WI |
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 Morné Morkel
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Template:Cr-IPL | 15 | 25 | 16.64 | 7.05 | 4/20 | 14.1 | 1 | 0 |
 Sunil Narine
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Template:Cr-IPL | 13 | 22 | 11.95 | 5.14 | 5/19 | 13.9 | 1 | 1 |
 Lasith Malinga
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Template:Cr-IPL | 12 | 21 | 13.19 | 5.83 | 4/16 | 13.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Vinay Kumar
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Template:Cr-IPL | 14 | 19 | 25.26 | 8.59 | 3/22 | 17.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Steyn
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Template:Cr-IPL | 12 | 18 | 15.83 | 6.10 | 3/8 | 15.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Parvinder Awana
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Template:Cr-IPL | 12 | 17 | 21.88 | 7.91 | 4/34 | 16.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Umesh Yadav
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Template:Cr-IPL | 15 | 17 | 22.88 | 7.33 | 3/19 | 18.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Zaheer Khan
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Template:Cr-IPL | 15 | 17 | 26.64 | 7.55 | 3/38 | 21.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Piyush Chawla
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Template:Cr-IPL | 16 | 16 | 26.18 | 7.35 | 3/18 | 21.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan
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Template:Cr-IPL | 10 | 15 | 17.33 | 6.50 | 3/21 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 |
The leading wicket taker of the league phase wears a purple cap while fielding.
Criticism and controversy
- Viewership
The first matches of the season had recorded an average Television Viewership Rating (TVR) of 3.76, 18.7% less than the previous season.[25] The viewership was also reportedly low for the opening ceremony with a rating of 1.3 TVR.[26] The downfall was attributed to the number of matches being played, as the count stands at 76 among 9 teams.[27] The rating continued to fall as the cumulative number of people who tuned in to watch the first 16 games also declined from 127.40 million in 2011 to 122.44 million. The 12th match played between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals drew the highest rating of the season with a rating of 5.2, as of 20 April.[28]
- Spot fixing
On 14 May 2012, an Indian news channel India TV aired a sting operation which accused five players involved in spot fixing. Reacting to the news, BCCI president Rajiv Shukla immediately suspended all the five:[29] Mohnish Mishra, Shalabh Srivastava, TP Sudhindra, Amit Yadav and Abhinav Bali (none of which had played international cricket).[30] However, the report went on to claim that none of the cricketers were found guilty. On the reliability of the report, Rajat Sharma, the editor-in-chief of news channel India TV quoted that the channel had no doubts about the authenticity of the sting operation and prepared to go to court.[31]
Mohnish Mishra who was part of Pune Warriors India team for the season, admitted to have said that franchises pay black money, in a sting operation. Mishra was caught on tape saying that franchisees paid them black money and that he had received ₹1.5 crore (US$180,000) from the later, among which ₹1.2 crore (US$140,000)[32] was black money.[33][34] He was also suspended from his team.[35]
- Other charges
Shah Rukh Khan, owner of Kolkata Knight Riders, received a five-year ban from the Wankhede Stadium for arguing with security at the ground after a match on 16 May.[36]
On 18 May, Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman Luke Pomersbach was arrested on charges of molesting an American women.[37] He was later granted interim bail.[38]
See also
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