2012 Indian Premier League

The 2012 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 5 or the IPL 2012 or the DLF IPL 2012 (owing to title sponsorship reasons), was the fifth season of the Indian Premier League, initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)[4] in 2007 with the first season played in 2008. The tournament began on 4 April and ended on 27 May 2012.[5] Kolkata Knight Riders were the winning team, beating defending champions Chennai Super Kings by five wickets in the final.[6] This season the number of teams in the league went from ten to nine with the termination of Kochi Tuskers Kerala.[7]

2012 Indian Premier League
Dates4 April 2012 (2012-04-04) – 27 May 2012 (2012-05-27)[1]
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Double round robin and playoffs
Host(s)India
ChampionsKolkata Knight Riders (1st title)[2]
Runners-upChennai Super Kings
Participants9[3]
Matches played76
Player of the seriesSunil Narine (KKR)
Most runsChris Gayle (RCB) (733)
Most wicketsMorne Morkel (DD) (25)
Official websitewww.iplt20.com

Despite a slow start, IPL 5 earned a higher cumulative viewership than any previous edition of the IPL.[8] The cumulative reach for 74 IPL 5 matches was recorded at 163 million against 162 million for 73 matches in IPL 4, and the final match had a higher reach than any previous final.[8] The IPL 2012 edition was the most competitive season of which produced many nail biting finishes. In the 2012 season, there were 19 matches which produced results in the last over, and a couple of them produced results in the last ball. There were also 6 matches in which team won by a margin of less than 10 runs.[9][10] Near 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.[11]

The top four teams of the tournament (Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Daredevils and Mumbai Indians) represented India in the 2012 Champions League Twenty20. The Fair Play Award was won by Rajasthan Royals, while Kings XI Punjab batsman Mandeep Singh was named the tournament's "Rising Star" and Kolkata Knight Riders bowler Sunil Narine was Player of the Season.[12].This along with 2009 and 2016 are the only editions where a team topping the table at the end of league stage did not appear in the final.

Termination of Kochi

The IPL Committee terminated the Kochi Tuskers Kerala franchise after it breached 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 1.56 billion every year until 2020.[13] Despite this, the Tuskers' former players participated in this season's competition after being included in the players auction on 4 February 2012.

On 13 January, the BCCI asked the international players of Kochi Tuskers Kerala to register the individual court cases against the owners of the Kochi IPL team with the BCCI included as a party to each case.[14]

Venues

Chennai Mumbai Pune Kolkata
Chennai Super Kings Mumbai Indians Pune Warriors India Kolkata Knight Riders
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium Wankhede Stadium Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium Eden Gardens
Capacity: 70,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 55,000 Capacity: 1,00,000
Mohali Bangalore
Kings XI Punjab Royal Challengers Bangalore
PCA Stadium M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 55,000
Hyderabad Delhi
Deccan Chargers Delhi Daredevils
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium Feroz Shah Kotla
Capacity: 55,000 Capacity: 48,000
Visakhapatnam Jaipur Cuttack Dharamsala
Deccan Chargers Rajasthan Royals Deccan Chargers Kings XI Punjab
ACA-VDCA Stadium Sawai Mansingh Stadium Barabati Stadium HPCA Stadium
Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 23,000

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony was held on 3 April night 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.[15] 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.[16]

Celebrities performing at the 5th IPL opening ceremony at Chennai

Teams and standings

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Delhi Daredevils (3) 16 11 5 0 22 0.617
2 Kolkata Knight Riders (C) 16 10 5 1 21 0.561
3 Mumbai Indians (4) 16 10 6 0 20 −0.100
4 Chennai Super Kings (R) 16 8 7 1 17 0.100
5 Royal Challengers Bangalore 16 8 7 1 17 −0.022
6 Kings XI Punjab 16 8 8 0 16 −0.216
7 Rajasthan Royals 16 7 9 0 14 0.201
8 Deccan Chargers 16 4 11 1 9 −0.509
9 Pune Warriors India 16 4 12 0 8 −0.551
Source: [17]

("C" refers to the "Champions" of the Tournament. 'R'(2nd Position), '3' and '4' are the positions of the respective teams in the tournament.)

League progression

Results

Group stage

Visitor team →CSK DC DD KXIP KKR MI PWI RR RCB
Home team ↓
Chennai Super KingsChennai
10 runs
Chennai
9 wickets
Punjab
7 runs
Kolkata
5 wickets
Mumbai
8 wickets
Chennai
13 runs
Chennai
7 wickets
Chennai
5 wickets
Deccan ChargersChennai
74 runs
Delhi
9 wickets
Punjab
25 runs
Kolkata
5 wickets
Mumbai
5 wickets
Deccan
13 runs
Deccan
5 wickets
Deccan
9 runs
Delhi DaredevilsDelhi
8 wickets
Delhi
5 wickets
Delhi
5 wickets
Kolkata
6 wickets
Delhi
37 runs
Pune
20 runs
Delhi
1 run
Bangalore
21 runs
Kings XI PunjabPunjab
6 wickets
Punjab
4 wickets
Delhi
6 wickets
Kolkata
8 wickets
Mumbai
4 wickets
Punjab
7 wickets
Rajasthan
43 runs
Bangalore
5 wickets
Kolkata Knight RidersChennai
5 wickets
Match
abandoned
Delhi
8 wickets
Punjab
2 runs
Mumbai
27 runs
Kolkata
7 runs
Kolkata
5 wickets
Kolkata
47 runs
Mumbai IndiansMumbai
2 wickets
Mumbai
5 wickets
Delhi
7 wickets
Punjab
6 wickets
Kolkata
32 runs
Pune
28 runs
Mumbai
27 runs
Bangalore
9 wickets
Pune Warriors IndiaPune
7 wickets
Deccan
18 runs
Delhi
8 wickets
Pune
22 runs
Kolkata
34 runs
Mumbai
1 run
Rajasthan
7 wickets
Bangalore
35 runs
Rajasthan RoyalsChennai
4 wickets
Rajasthan
5 wickets
Delhi
6 wickets
Rajasthan
31 runs
Rajasthan
22 runs
Mumbai
10 wickets
Rajasthan
45 runs
Bangalore
46 runs
Royal Challengers BangaloreMatch
abandoned
Bangalore
5 wickets
Bangalore
20 runs
Punjab
4 wickets
Kolkata
42 runs
Mumbai
5 wickets
Bangalore
6 wickets
Rajasthan
59 runs
Home team wonVisitor team won
  • Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams.
  • Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.

Group stage

4 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Chennai Super Kings
112 (19.5 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
115/2 (16.5 overs)
Suresh Raina 36 (26)
Kieron Pollard 2/15 (4 overs)
Richard Levi 50 (35)
Dwayne Bravo 1/14 (3 overs)
Mumbai won by 8 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Player of the match: Richard Levi (Mumbai)
5 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
97/9 (12 overs)
v
Delhi Daredevils
100/2 (11.1 overs)
Laxmi Shukla 26 (17)
Morné Morkel 3/18 (3 overs)
Irfan Pathan 42* (20)
Rajat Bhatia 1/7 (1.1 overs)
Delhi won by 8 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Player of the match: Irfan Pathan (Delhi)
  • Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain-shortened match. Match started at 22:30 and reduced to 12 overs per side.[18]
6 April 2012
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pune Warriors India
129/9 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians (H)
101/9 (20 overs)
Steve Smith 39 (32)
Lasith Malinga 2/16 (4 overs)
Dinesh Karthik 32 (32)
Ashok Dinda 4/17 (4 overs)
Pune won by 28 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Player of the match: Steve Smith (Pune)
6 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Rajasthan Royals
191/4 (20 overs)
v
Kings XI Punjab
160/9 (20 overs)
Ajinkya Rahane 98 (66)
James Faulkner 2/41 (4 overs)
Mandeep Singh 34 (25)
Kevon Cooper 3/25 (4 overs)
Rajasthan won by 31 runs
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Player of the match: Ajinkya Rahane (Rajasthan)
7 April 2012
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
157/8 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Daredevils
137/7 (20 overs)
AB de Villiers 64* (42)
Doug Bracewell 3/32 (4 overs)
Naman Ojha 33 (26)
Muttiah Muralitharan 4/25 (4 overs)
Bangalore won by 20 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Bangalore)
7 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
193/6 (20 overs)
v
Deccan Chargers (H)
119 (17.1 overs)
Ravindra Jadeja 48 (29)
Dale Steyn 2/25 (4 overs)
Cameron White 23 (16)
Ravindra Jadeja 5/16 (4 overs)
Chennai won by 74 runs
ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai)
8 April 2012
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Rajasthan Royals
164/5 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
142 (20 overs)
Brad Hodge 44 (29)
Brett Lee 2/29 (4 overs)
Manoj Tiwary 59 (49)
Kevon Cooper 3/28 (4 overs)
Rajasthan won by 22 runs
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Player of the match: Brad Hodge (Rajasthan)
8 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Pune Warriors India
166/6 (20 overs)
v
Kings XI Punjab
144/8 (20 overs)
Marlon Samuels 46 (39)
Harmeet Singh 3/24 (3.2 overs)
Bipul Sharma 35* (18)
Rahul Sharma 2/34 (4 overs)
Pune won by 22 runs
Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
Player of the match: Marlon Samuels (Pune)
9 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Deccan Chargers
138/9 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
142/5 (20 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 41 (24)
Munaf Patel 4/20 (4 overs)
Rohit Sharma 73* (50)
Dale Steyn 3/12 (4 overs)
Mumbai won by 5 wickets
ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Player of the match: Rohit Sharma (Mumbai)
10 April 2012
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
165/8 (20 overs)
v
Royal Challengers Bangalore (H)
123/9 (20 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 64 (39)
Vinay Kumar 2/18 (4 overs)
Vinay Kumar 25 (26)
Lakshmipathy Balaji 4/18 (4 overs)
Kolkata won by 42 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Player of the match: Lakshmipathy Balaji (Kolkata)
10 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
110/8 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Daredevils (H)
111/2 (13.2 overs)
Dwayne Bravo 22 (31)
Morné Morkel 2/19 (4 overs)
Kevin Pietersen 43* (26)
Ravichandran Ashwin 1/21 (3.2 overs)
Delhi won by 8 wickets
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Player of the match: Morné Morkel (Delhi)
11 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Mumbai Indians
197/6 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
170 (19.4 overs)
Kieron Pollard 64 (33)
Amit Singh 2/29 (4 overs)
Owais Shah 76 (42)
Munaf Patel 4/28 (3.4 overs)
Mumbai won by 27 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Player of the match: Kieron Pollard (Mumbai)
12 April 2012
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Chennai Super Kings (H)
208/5 (20 overs)
Chris Gayle 68 (35)
Doug Bollinger 3/24 (3 overs)
Chennai won by 5 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Player of the match: Francois du Plessis (Chennai)
12 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pune Warriors India
115 (19 overs)
v
Kings XI Punjab (H)
116/3 (17.4 overs)
Mithun Manhas 31 (28)
Dimitri Mascarenhas 5/25 (4 overs)
Shaun Marsh 64* (54)
Rahul Sharma 1/17 (3 overs)
Punjab won by 7 wickets
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Player of the match: Dimitri Mascarenhas (Kings)
13 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
131/5 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
137/5 (19.2 overs)
Owais Shah 31 (33)
Shakib Al Hasan 3/17 (4 overs)
Jacques Kallis 31 (38)
Ashok Menaria 1/3 (1 over)
Kolkata won by 5 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan (Kolkata)
14 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
155/5 (20 overs)
v
Pune Warriors India (H)
156/3 (19.2 overs)
Ravindra Jadeja 44 (26)
Rahul Sharma 2/16 (3 overs)
Jesse Ryder 73* (56)
Yo Mahesh 1/22 (2.2 overs)
Pune won by 7 wickets
Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
Player of the match: Jesse Ryder (Pune)
15 April 2012
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kings XI Punjab
134/9 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
132/7 (20 overs)
Mandeep Singh 38 (34)
Sunil Narine 5/19 (4 overs)
Debabrata Das 35* (23)
Piyush Chawla 3/18 (4 overs)
Punjab won by 2 runs
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata)
15 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
195/2 (20 overs)
v
Royal Challengers Bangalore (H)
136 (20 overs)
Ajinkya Rahane 103* (60)
Zaheer Khan 1/15 (4 overs)
Mayank Agarwal 34 (21)
Siddharth Trivedi 4/23 (4 overs)
Rajasthan won by 59 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Player of the match: Ajinkya Rahane (Rajasthan)
  • 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.[19]
16 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Mumbai Indians
92 (19.2 overs)
v
Delhi Daredevils
93/3 (14.5 overs)
Harbhajan Singh 33 (22)
Umesh Yadav 2/11 (4 overs)
Virender Sehwag 32 (36)
RP Singh 2/24 (4 overs)
Delhi won by 7 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Player of the match: Shahbaz Nadeem (Delhi)
17 April 2012
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Deccan Chargers
196/2 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals (H)
197/5 (19.4 overs)
JP Duminy 58* (26)
Amit Mishra 3/32 (4 overs)
Brad Hodge 48* (21)
Siddharth Trivedi 1/27 (4 overs)
Rajasthan won by 5 wickets
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Player of the match: Brad Hodge (Rajasthan)
17 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pune Warriors India
182/6 (20 overs)
v
Royal Challengers Bangalore (H)
186/4 (20 overs)
Robin Uthappa 69 (45)
Vinay Kumar 2/34 (4 overs)
Chris Gayle 81 (48)
Marlon Samuels 1/5 (2 overs)
Bangalore won by 6 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Player of the match: Chris Gayle (Bangalore)
18 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Kings XI Punjab
124/7 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
127/2 (16.3 overs)
Adam Gilchrist 40* (33)
Sunil Narine 2/24 (4 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 66* (44)
Piyush Chawla 2/19 (4 overs)
Kolkata won by 8 wickets
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Player of the match: Gautam Gambhir (Kolkata)
19 April 2012
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Deccan Chargers
157/8 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Daredevils (H)
162/5 (19.1 overs)
Parthiv Patel 45 (27)
Morné Morkel 3/23 (4 overs)
Kevin Pietersen 103* (64)
Dale Steyn 2/19 (4 overs)
Delhi won by 5 wickets
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Player of the match: Kevin Pietersen (Delhi)
19 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Chennai Super Kings
164/5 (20 overs)
v
Pune Warriors India
151/7 (20 overs)
Francois du Plessis 58 (48)
Marlon Samuels 3/39 (4 overs)
Angelo Mathews 27 (22)
Nuwan Kulasekara 2/10 (2 overs)
Chennai won by 13 runs
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Player of the match: Nuwan Kulasekara (Chennai)
20 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Kings XI Punjab
163/6 (20 overs)
v
Royal Challengers Bangalore
166/5 (19.3 overs)
David Hussey 41 (34)
Khan, McDonald 2/25 (4 overs) each
Chris Gayle 87 (56)
Parvinder Awana 4/34 (4 overs)
Bangalore won by 5 wickets
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Player of the match: Chris Gayle (Bangalore)
21 April 2012
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
146/4 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings (H)
147/3 (20 overs)
Owais Shah 52 (43)
Shadab Jakati 1/12 (2 overs)
Francois du Plessis 73 (52)
Kevon Cooper 2/23 (4 overs)
Chennai won by 7 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Player of the match: Francois du Plessis (Chennai)
21 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pune Warriors India
192/3 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Daredevils (H)
172/7 (20 overs)
Jesse Ryder 86 (58)
Morné Morkel 3/50 (4 overs)
Virender Sehwag 57 (32)
Alfonso Thomas 3/22 (4 overs)
Pune won by 20 runs
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (Pune)
22 April 2012
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Mumbai Indians
163/6 (20 overs)
v
Kings XI Punjab
164/4 (19.3 overs)
James Franklin 79 (51)
Parvinder Awana 2/23 (4 overs)
Shaun Marsh 68* (40)
Kieron Pollard 2/14 (4 overs)
Punjab won by 6 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Player of the match: Shaun Marsh (Kings)
22 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Deccan Chargers
126/7 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
127/5 (19 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 50 (50)
Lakshmipathy Balaji 2/22 (4 overs)
Manoj Tiwary 30* (28)
Dale Steyn 2/24 (4 overs)
Kolkata won by 5 wickets
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Player of the match: Brett Lee (Kolkata)
23 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Rajasthan Royals (H)
143/7 (20 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 76* (58)
Brad Hogg 2/39 (4 overs)
Rahul Dravid 58 (42)
KP Appanna 4/19 (4 overs)
Bangalore won by 46 runs
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Bangalore)
  • 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.
24 April 2012
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Pune Warriors India
146/2 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Daredevils
148/2 (16 overs)
Manish Pandey 80* (56)
Irfan Pathan 1/23 (4 overs)
Virender Sehwag 87* (48)
Rahul Sharma 1/33 (4 overs)
Delhi won by 8 wickets
Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
Player of the match: Virender Sehwag (Delhi)
24 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
  • Match abandoned without a toss due to rain.
25 April 2012
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Kings XI Punjab
168/3 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
171/6 (19.5 overs)
David Hussey 68* (40)
James Franklin 1/5 (1 over)
Rohit Sharma 50 (30)
Parvinder Awana 3/39 (4 overs)
Mumbai won by 4 wickets
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Player of the match: Ambati Rayudu (Mumbai)
25 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
26 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Deccan Chargers
177/4 (20 overs)
v
Pune Warriors India (H)
159/7 (20 overs)
Cameron White 78 (46)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1/34 (4 overs)
Robin Uthappa 29 (27)
Ashish Reddy 2/32 (4 overs)
Deccan won by 18 runs
Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
Player of the match: Cameron White (Deccan)
27 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Delhi Daredevils
207/5 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
170/9 (20 overs)
Virender Sehwag 73 (39)
Robin Peterson 3/37 (4 overs)
Ambati Rayudu 62 (39)
Shahbaz Nadeem 2/35 (4 overs)
Delhi won by 37 runs
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Player of the match: Virender Sehwag (Delhi)
28 April 2012
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kings XI Punjab
156/8 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings (H)
149/8 (20 overs)
Mandeep Singh 56 (50)
Albie Morkel 3/29 (4 overs)
Dwayne Bravo 30 (21)
Azhar Mahmood 3/25 (4 overs)
Punjab won by 7 runs
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Player of the match: Mandeep Singh (Kings)
28 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
190/4 (20 overs)
v
Gautam Gambhir 93 (51)
Vinay Kumar 2/31 (4 overs)
Chris Gayle 86 (58)
Jacques Kallis 2/31 (4 overs)
Kolkata won by 47 runs
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Player of the match: Gautam Gambhir (Kolkata)
29 April 2012
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Delhi Daredevils
152/6 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
151/3 (20 overs)
Virendar Sehwag 63 (39)
Pankaj Singh 2/25 (4 overs)
Ajinkya Rahane 84* (63)
Morné Morkel 1/26 (4 overs)
Delhi won by 1 run
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Player of the match: Virender Sehwag (Delhi)
29 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Deccan Chargers
100 (18.4 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians (H)
101/5 (18.1 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 29 (32)
Lasith Malinga 4/16 (3.4 overs)
Rohit Sharma 42 (48)
Dale Steyn 2/10 (4 overs)
Mumbai won by 5 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Player of the match: Dale Steyn (Deccan)
30 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Chennai Super Kings
139/5 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
140/5 (19.4 overs)
Suresh Raina 44 (34)
Jacques Kallis 2/21 (4 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 63 (52)
Ravichandran Ashwin 2/22 (3.4 overs)
Kolkata won by 5 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Player of the match: Gautam Gambhir (Kolkata)
  • 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.[22]
1 May 2012
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Deccan Chargers
186/4 (20 overs)
v
Pune Warriors India
173/5 (20 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 82 (52)
Wayne Parnell 1/25 (4 overs)
Steve Smith 47* (27)
Ankit Sharma 1/9 (2 overs)
Deccan won by 13 runs
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (Deccan)
1 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Rajasthan Royals
141/6 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Daredevils
144/4 (15.2 overs)
Rahul Dravid 57 (43)
Pawan Negi 4/18 (4 overs)
Virender Sehwag 73 (38)
Brad Hogg 2/32 (4 overs)
Delhi won by 6 wickets
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Player of the match: Pawan Negi (Delhi)
2 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
158/5 (20 overs)
v
Kings XI Punjab
163/6 (19.5 overs)
Chris Gayle 71 (42)
Azhar Mahmood 3/20 (4 overs)
Nitin Saini 50 (36)
Andrew McDonald 2/25 (4 overs)
Punjab won by 4 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Player of the match: Azhar Mahmood (Kings)
3 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
120/9 (20 overs)
v
Pune Warriors India (H)
119/6 (20 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 34 (35)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2/9 (3 overs)
Mithun Manhas 42* (34)
Harbhajan Singh 2/18 (4 overs)
Mumbai won by 1 run
Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
Player of the match: Lasith Malinga (Mumbai)
4 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Chennai Super Kings
160/6 (20 overs)
v
Deccan Chargers
150/5 (20 overs)
Francois du Plessis 42 (35)
Veer Pratap Singh 2/35 (3 overs)
Cameron White 77 (53)
Suresh Raina 1/5 (1 over)
Chennai won by 10 runs
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Player of the match: Suresh Raina (Chennai)
5 May 2012
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
150/6 (20 overs)
v
Pune Warriors India
143/8 (20 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 56 (36)
Angelo Mathews 2/17 (4 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 36 (35)
Marchant de Lange 3/34 (4 overs)
Kolkata won by 7 runs
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata)
5 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
177/6 (20 overs)
v
Kings XI Punjab (H)
134/8 (20 overs)
Rahul Dravid 46 (39)
Ryan Harris 4/34 (4 overs)
Shaun Marsh 34 (27)
Shaun Tait 2/18 (4 overs)
Rajasthan won by 43 runs
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Player of the match: Shane Watson (Rajasthan)
6 May 2012
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
173/8 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians (H)
174/8 (20 overs)
Murali Vijay 41 (29)
Lasith Malinga 3/25 (4 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 74 (44)
Ravindra Jadeja 2/12 (2 overs)
Mumbai won by 2 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Player of the match: Dwayne Smith (Mumbai)
6 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Deccan Chargers
181/2 (20 overs)
v
Royal Challengers Bangalore (H)
185/5 (18.5 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 73* (52)
Prasanth Parameswaran 1/45 (4 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 71 (54)
Amit Mishra 2/28 (4 overs)
Bangalore won by 5 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Bangalore)
7 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Delhi Daredevils
153/9 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
154/4 (18.4 overs)
Irfan Pathan 36 (22)
Jacques Kallis 2/20 (4 overs)
Brendon McCullum 56 (44)
Umesh Yadav 2/30 (4 overs)
Kolkata won by 6 wickets
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (Kolkata)
8 May 2012
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Pune Warriors India
125/6 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
126/3 (16.2 overs)
Anustup Majumdar 30 (20)
Shaun Tait 3/13 (4 overs)
Shane Watson 90* (51)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1/17 (4 overs)
Rajasthan won by 7 wickets
Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
Player of the match: Shane Watson (Rajasthan)
8 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kings XI Punjab
170/5 (20 overs)
v
Deccan Chargers (H)
145/8 (20 overs)
Mandeep Singh 75 (48)
Ashish Reddy 2/39 (4 overs)
Daniel Harris 30 (29)
David Hussey 2/2 (1 over)
Punjab won by 25 runs
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Player of the match: Mandeep Singh (Kings)
  • Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field.
  • Deccan Chargers were eliminated as a result of this match.
9 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Mumbai Indians
141/6 (20 overs)
v
Dinesh Karthik 44 (39)
H Patel, Muralitharan 2/24 (4 overs)
Chris Gayle 82* (59)
Pragyan Ojha 1/25 (2 overs)
Bangalore won by 9 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Player of the match: Chris Gayle (Bangalore)
10 May 2012
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Deccan Chargers
187/4 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Daredevils
193/1 (16.4 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 84 (49)
Varun Aaron 2/30 (4 overs)
David Warner 109* (54)
Shikhar Dhawan 1/27 (2 overs)
Delhi won by 9 wickets
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Player of the match: David Warner (Delhi)
10 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Rajasthan Royals
126/6 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
127/6 (18.1 overs)
Brad Hodge 33 (28)
Ben Hilfenhaus 2/8 (4 overs)
Suresh Raina 23 (17)
Siddharth Trivedi 2/18 (4 overs)
Chennai won by 4 wickets
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Player of the match: Ben Hilfenhaus (Chennai)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • Pune Warriors India were eliminated as a result of this match.
11 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Pune Warriors India (H)
138/9 (20 overs)
Chris Gayle 57 (31)
Angelo Mathews 1/14 (3 overs)
Robin Uthappa 38 (23)
Vinay Kumar 3/32 (4 overs)
Bangalore won by 35 runs
Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
Player of the match: Chris Gayle (Bangalore)
12 May 2012
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
182/1 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
155/4 (20 overs)
Rohit Sharma 109* (60)
Shakib Al Hasan 1/27 (4 overs)
Jacques Kallis 79 (60)
Pragyan Ojha 1/26 (3 overs)
Mumbai won by 27 runs
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Player of the match: Rohit Sharma (Mumbai)
12 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Delhi Daredevils
114/5 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings (H)
115/1 (15.2 overs)
Yogesh Nagar 44* (47)
Ben Hilfenhaus 3/27 (4 overs)
Murali Vijay 48* (40)
Irfan Pathan 1/15 (2 overs)
Chennai won by 9 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Player of the match: Ben Hilfenhaus (Chennai)
13 May 2012
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Rajasthan Royals
170/4 (20 overs)
v
Pune Warriors India
125/9 (20 overs)
Ajinkya Rahane 61 (47)
Ashish Nehra 3/23 (4 overs)
Steve Smith 37 (31)
Ajit Chandila 4/13 (4 overs)
Rajasthan won by 45 runs
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Player of the match: Ajit Chandila (Rajasthan)
13 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Deccan Chargers
190/4 (20 overs)
v
Kings XI Punjab (H)
194/6 (20 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 71 (50)
Azhar Mahmood 2/39 (4 overs)
David Hussey 65* (35)
Dale Steyn 2/26 (4 overs)
Punjab won by 4 wickets
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Player of the match: David Hussey (Kings)
14 May 2012
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore
171/6 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
173/5 (19.4 overs)
Mayank Agarwal 64* (30)
Kieron Pollard 1/20 (3 overs)
Ambati Rayudu 81* (54)
Muttiah Muralitharan 1/16 (4 overs)
Mumbai won by 5 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Player of the match: Ambati Rayudu (Mumbai)
  • 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.[24]
14 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
158/6 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
160/5 (20 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 62 (43)
Shadab Jakati 2/26 (4 overs)
Michael Hussey 56 (39)
Sunil Narine 2/14 (4 overs)
Chennai won by 5 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Player of the match: Michael Hussey (Chennai)
15 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kings XI Punjab
136/8 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Daredevils (H)
140/5 (19 overs)
David Hussey 40* (35)
Umesh Yadav 3/21 (4 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 56* (49)
Parvinder Awana 3/22 (4 overs)
Delhi won by 5 wickets
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Player of the match: Umesh Yadav (Delhi)
  • Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Delhi Daredevils qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.
16 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
140/7 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians (H)
108 (19.1 overs)
Manoj Tiwary 41 (43)
Rudra Pratap Singh 2/33 (4 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 27 (24)
Sunil Narine 4/15 (3.1 overs)
Kolkata won by 32 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata)
17 May 2012
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
120/7 (20 overs)
v
Kings XI Punjab (H)
123/4 (16.3 overs)
Dwayne Bravo 48 (43)
Parvinder Awana 2/12 (4 overs)
Adam Gilchrist 64* (46)
Dwayne Bravo 2/18 (3 overs)
Punjab won by 6 wickets
HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala
Player of the match: Adam Gilchrist (Kings)
  • Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
  • Kolkata Knight Riders qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.
17 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Delhi Daredevils (H)
194/9 (20 overs)
Chris Gayle 128* (62)
Varun Aaron 1/38 (4 overs)
Ross Taylor 55 (26)
Prasanth Parameswaran 3/30 (3 overs)
Bangalore won by 21 runs
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Player of the match: Chris Gayle (Bangalore)
18 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
126/8 (20 overs)
v
Deccan Chargers (H)
128/5 (18.4 overs)
Akshath Reddy 42 (35)
Siddharth Trivedi 2/20 (4 overs)
Rahul Dravid 39 (36)
Dale Steyn 2/16 (4 overs)
Deccan won by 5 wickets
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Player of the match: Dale Steyn (Deccan)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Rajasthan Royals were eliminated as a result of this match.
19 May 2012
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Kings XI Punjab
141/8 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Daredevils
145/4 (18.2 overs)
Siddharth Chitnis 38 (32)
Morne Morkel 4/20 (4 overs)
David Warner 79 (44)
Ryan Harris 2/19 (4 overs)
Delhi won by 6 wickets
HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala
Player of the match: Umesh Yadav (Delhi)
  • Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
  • Mumbai Indians qualified for the playoffs, Kings Xi Punjab were eliminated, and Delhi Daredevils advanced to Qualifier 1 as a result of this match.
19 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
136/4 (20 overs)
v
Pune Warriors India (H)
102/8 (20 overs)
Shakib Al Hasan 42 (30)
Wayne Parnell 2/18 (4 overs)
Jesse Ryder 22 (24)
Shakib Al Hasan 2/18 (4 overs)
Kolkata won by 34 runs
Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
Player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan (Kolkata)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Kolkata Knight Riders advanced to Qualifier 1 as a result of this match.
20 May 2012
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Deccan Chargers
132/7 (20 overs)
v
JP Duminy 74 (53)
Vinay Kumar 3/22 (4 overs)
Virat Kohli 42 (40)
Dale Steyn 3/8 (4 overs)
Deccan won by 9 runs
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Player of the match: Dale Steyn (Deccan)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
  • Chennai Super Kings qualified for the playoffs, and Royal Challengers Bangalore were eliminated as a result of this match.
20 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Rajasthan Royals
162/6 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
163/0 (18 overs)
Shane Watson 45 (36)
Dhawal Kulkarni 3/18 (4 overs)
Dwayne Smith 87* (58)
Shane Watson 0/17 (3 overs)
Mumbai won by 10 wickets
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Player of the match: Dwayne Smith (Mumbai)

Playoff stage

On 15 March, it was announced that due to the municipal election in Delhi, the playoff schedule was being slightly altered.[25] The sites of 22 and 23 May matches were changed, with Pune now hosting the first qualifier on 22 May and Bengaluru hosting the eliminator on 23 May. Had the Royal Challengers Bangalore qualified for the playoffs, they would play the match in Bengaluru, switching which venue hosts which match if necessary.[26]

Preliminary Final
  27 May 2012 — M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
22 May 2012 — Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
1 Delhi Daredevils 144/8 (20 ov)
2 Kolkata Knight Riders 162/4 (20 ov) 2 Kolkata Knight Riders 192/5 (19.4 ov)
Kolkata won by 18 Runs  4 Chennai Super Kings 190/3 (20 ov)
Kolkata won by 5 wickets 
25 May 2012 — M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
1 Delhi Daredevils 136 (17 ov)
4 Chennai Super Kings 222/5 (20 ov)
Chennai won by 86 runs 
23 May 2012 — M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
3 Mumbai Indians 149/9 (20 ov)
4 Chennai Super Kings 187/5 (20 ov)
Chennai won by 38 runs 

Playoff stage

Qualifier 1
22 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
162/4 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Daredevils
144/8 (20 overs)
Yusuf Pathan 40* (21)
Pawan Negi 1/18 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 18 runs
Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Yusuf Pathan (Kolkata)
Eliminator
23 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
187/5 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
149/9 (20 overs)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni 51* (20)
Dhawal Kulkarni 3/46 (4 overs)
Dwayne Smith 38 (22)
Dwayne Bravo 2/10 (3 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 38 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL)
Player of the match: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Chennai)
Qualifier 2
25 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
222/5 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Daredevils
136 (17 overs)
Murali Vijay 113 (58)
Varun Aaron 2/63 (4 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 55 (38)
Ravichandran Ashwin 3/23 (3.5 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 86 runs
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Murali Vijay (Chennai)
Final
27 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
190/3 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
192/5 (19.4 overs)
Suresh Raina 73 (38)
Rajat Bhatia 1/23 (3 overs)
Manvinder Bisla 89 (48)
Ben Hilfenhaus 2/25 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Manvinder Bisla (Kolkata)

Statistics

Overall, 22453 runs were scored at an average of 26.2 with an overall run rate of 7.82. 857 wickets fell in the whole of the tournament. Both the number of runs and of wickets are the most that has occurred in one tournament out of all five IPL tournaments.[27] During the course of this tournament, pace bowlers took 531 wickets with an average of 27.20 and average run rate of 7.81 whereas spinners took 241 wickets at an average of 31.35 and average run rate of 7.41. Overall, 6 centuries were scored. IPL 2008 and IPL 2011 also had the same amount of centuries. In this tournament, 96 fifties were scored, which was the most in any edition of the IPL.[28] This edition also saw 1911 fours, 2 fours less than previous edition of 2011 Indian Premier League. 731 sixes were also scored, which was another record for a season.[27] On the other hand, this edition had only 2 instances in which a single bowler took 5 wicket haul within his quota of 4 overs as per the rules of Twenty20 cricket.

Most runs

NatPlayer[29]Team Inns Runs Ave SR HS 100 50 4s 6s
Chris Gayle Royal Challengers Bangalore 1473361.08160.74128*174659
Gautam Gambhir Kolkata Knight Riders 1759036.87143.5593066417
Shikhar Dhawan Deccan Chargers 1556940.64129.6184055818
Ajinkya Rahane Rajasthan Royals 1656040.00129.33103*137310
Virender Sehwag Delhi Daredevils 1549435.28164.1187*055719
Cameron White Deccan Chargers 1347943.54149.6878054120
Rahul Dravid Rajasthan Royals 1646228.87112.135802634
Suresh Raina Chennai Super Kings 1844125.94135.6973013619
Rohit Sharma Mumbai Indians 1643330.92126.60109*133918
Mandeep Singh Kings XI Punjab 1643227.00126.317502537

  The leading run scorer of the league phase wears an orange cap while fielding.

Most wickets

NatPlayer[30]Team Inns Wkts Ave Econ BBI SR 4WI 5WI
Morné Morkel Delhi Daredevils 162518.127.194/2015.110
Sunil Narine Kolkata Knight Riders 152413.55.475/1914.711
Lasith Malinga Mumbai Indians 142215.906.304/1615.110
Umesh Yadav Delhi Daredevils 171923.847.423/1919.200
Vinay Kumar Royal Challengers Bangalore 141925.268.593/2217.600
Dale Steyn Deccan Chargers 121815.836.103/815.500
Parvinder Awana Kings XI Punjab 121721.887.914/3416.510
Zaheer Khan Royal Challengers Bangalore 151726.647.553/3821.100
Kieron Pollard Mumbai Indians 141621.877.984/4416.410
Piyush Chawla Kings XI Punjab 161626.187.353/1821.300

  The leading wicket taker of the league phase wears a purple cap while fielding.

Special awards

PlayerTeamAwardValue
AB de Villiers Royal Challengers Bangalore Volkswagen Power PerformanceVolkswagen Vento[31]
Mandeep Singh Kings XI Punjab Citi Rising StarHero Honda Karizma ZMR and 10,00,000[31]
David Hussey Kings XI Punjab King of Karbonn Kamaal Katches 10,00,000[32]
Chris Gayle Royal Challengers Bangalore Orange Cap 10,00,000[31]
Morné Morkel Delhi Daredevils Purple Cap 10,00,000[31]
Rahul Dravid Rajasthan Royals Fairplay Award[31]
Sunil Narine Kolkata Knight Riders Golden Player 10,00,000[31]

Reception and controversies

Initial 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.[33] The viewership was also reportedly low for the opening ceremony with a rating of 1.3 TVR.[34] The decline was attributed to the number of matches being played, as the count stands at 76 among 9 teams.[35] 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.

However, despite this slow start, IPL 5 garnered a higher cumulative viewership than any previous edition of the IPL.[8] The cumulative reach for 74 IPL 5 matches was recorded at 163 million against 162 million for 73 matches in IPL 4, and the final match had a higher reach than any previous final.[8]

2012 Cricinfo IPL XI

Spot fixing

On 14 May 2012, an Indian news channel India TV aired a sting operation that accused five players involved in spot fixing. Reacting to the news, Chief manager of Indian Premier League Rajiv Shukla immediately suspended all five:[11] Mohnish Mishra, Shalabh Srivastava, TP Sudhindra, Amit Yadav, and Abhinav Bali (none of whom had played international cricket).[36] 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.[37]

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 15 million (US$210,000) from the later, among which 12 million (US$170,000)[38] was black money.[39][40] He was also suspended from his team.[41]

Other charges

See also

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