2012 Indian Premier League


The 2012 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 5 or the IPL 2012 or the DLF IPL 2012, was the fifth season of the Indian Premier League, initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India in 2007 with the first season played in 2008. The tournament began on 4 April and ended on 27 May 2012. Kolkata Knight Riders were the winning team, beating defending champions Chennai Super Kings by five wickets in the final. This season the number of teams in the league went from ten to nine with the termination of Kochi Tuskers Kerala.
Despite a slow start, IPL 5 earned a higher cumulative viewership than any previous edition of the IPL. 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. 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. 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.
The top four teams of the tournament 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.

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. 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.

Venues

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. 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.

Points table

League progression

Results

Group stage

Group stage

Playoff stage

On 15 March, it was announced that due to the municipal election in Delhi, the playoff schedule was being slightly altered. The sites of the 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.

Playoff stage

;Qualifier 1
;Eliminator
;Qualifier 2
;Final

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. 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. 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. 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 .

Most runs


NatPlayerTeamRuns
Royal Challengers Bangalore1473361.08160.74*174659
Kolkata Knight Riders1759036.87143.55066417
Deccan Chargers1556940.64129.61055818
Rajasthan Royals1656040.00129.33*137310
Delhi Daredevils1549435.28164.11*055719
Deccan Chargers1347943.54149.68054120
Rajasthan Royals1646228.87112.1302634
Chennai Super Kings1844125.94135.69013619
Mumbai Indians1643330.92126.60*133918
Kings XI Punjab1643227.00126.3102537


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

Most wickets


NatPlayerTeam
Delhi Daredevils162518.127.194/2015.110
Kolkata Knight Riders152413.55.475/1914.711
Mumbai Indians142215.906.304/1615.110
Delhi Daredevils171923.847.423/1919.200
Royal Challengers Bangalore141925.268.593/2217.600
Deccan Chargers121815.836.103/815.500
Kings XI Punjab121721.887.914/3416.510
Royal Challengers Bangalore151726.647.553/3821.100
Mumbai Indians141621.877.984/4416.410
Kings XI Punjab161626.187.353/1821.300


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

Special awards

PlayerTeamAwardValue
AB de VilliersRoyal Challengers BangaloreVolkswagen Power PerformanceVolkswagen Vento
Mandeep SinghKings XI PunjabCiti Rising StarHero Honda Karizma ZMR and 10,00,000
David HusseyKings XI PunjabKing of Karbonn Kamaal Katches 10,00,000
Chris GayleRoyal Challengers BangaloreOrange Cap 10,00,000
Morné MorkelDelhi DaredevilsPurple Cap 10,00,000
Rahul DravidRajasthan RoyalsFairplay Award—
Kolkata Knight RidersGolden Player 10,00,000

Reception and controversies

Initial viewership

The first matches of the season had recorded an average Television Viewership Rating of 3.76, 18.7% less than the previous season. The viewership was also reportedly low for the opening ceremony with a rating of 1.3 TVR. The decline was attributed to the number of matches being played, as the count stands at 76 among 9 teams. 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. 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.

2012 Cricinfo IPL XI

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: Mohnish Mishra, Shalabh Srivastava, TP Sudhindra, Amit Yadav, and Abhinav Bali. 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.
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 from the later, among which was black money. He was also suspended from his team.

Other charges