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{{Infobox limited overs final
|title                    = 2012 Indian Premier League Final
| image                   = 
| imagesize               = 200px
| event                   = [[2012 Indian Premier League]]
| team1                   = [[Chennai Super Kings]]
| team2                   = [[Kolkata Knight Riders]]
| team1score              = 190/3
| team1overs              = (20 overs)
| team2score              = 192/5
| team2overs              = (19.4 overs)
| details                 = [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] won by 5 wickets
| date                    = 27 May 2012
| stadium                 = [[Chepauk Stadium|M A Chidambaram Stadium]]
| city                    = [[Chennai]]
| man_of_the_match        = [[Manvinder Bisla]] (Kolkata Knight Riders)
| umpires                 = [[Billy Bowden]] (New Zealand)<br />[[Simon Taufel]] (Australia)
 | attendance              = 48,955
| television              = 
| previous                = [[2011 Indian Premier League Final|2011]]
| next                    = [[2013 Indian Premier League Final|2013]]
}}

The '''2012 Indian Premier League Final''' was a [[Day/night cricket|day/night]] [[Twenty20]] [[cricket]] match on 27 May 2012 at the [[Chepauk Stadium|M A Chidambaram Stadium]], [[Chennai]], which was played between [[Chennai Super Kings]] and [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] to determine the winner of the [[2012 Indian Premier League|2012 season]] of the [[Indian Premier League]], an annual Twenty20 cricket tournament in [[India]].

[[Chennai Super Kings]] voted to bat first as they won the toss and set up a big total of 190/3 off 20 overs for their opposition. [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] chased the total successfully with 2-balls to spare losing 5 wickets in the process and secured the [[2012 Indian Premier League]] trophy, which happens to be their maiden title in the history of the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|title=Match Summary|url=http://www.iplt20.com/match/2012/76?tab=scorecard|publisher=iplt20|accessdate=25 November 2017}}</ref>

[[Manvinder Bisla]] of [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] was declared the "man of the match" in the Final, [[Sunil Narine]] of [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] was declared the most valuable player of the tournament and [[Mandeep Singh]] of [[Kings XI Punjab]] was declared as the emerging player of the season for the [[2012 Indian Premier League]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Match Summary|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/548381/Kolkata-Knight-Riders-vs-Chennai-Super-Kings-Final-indian-premier-league|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=25 November 2017}}</ref>

==Road to the final==
{{main|2012 Indian Premier League|Chennai Super Kings in 2012|Kolkata Knight Riders in 2012}}

===League stage===
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{{stack begin|float=left}}
{{#invoke: IndianPremierLeagueProgression|create
| caption = League progression
| teams = Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders
| knockoutType = 2
| matchesPerTeam = 16
| matchReportArticle = 2012 Indian Premier League
<!-- Chennai -->
| L1, W6, L11, W13, L16, W24, W26, N34, L37, L41, W46, L49, W56, W59, W63, L66
| W74, W75, L76
<!-- Kolkata -->
| L2, L7, W10, W15, L17, W22, W29, N32, W38, W41, W47, W51, L58, L63, W65, W70
| W73, U, W76 
}}
{{stack end}}{{clear}}

====League stage series====
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{{Cricket match summary | bg=#eee | date = 26 April | daynight = yes | team1 = (H){{sp}}[[Chennai Super Kings]] | team2 = [[Kolkata Knight Riders]]
| score1 = 139/5 (20 overs)
| score2 = 140/5 (19.2 overs)
| venue = [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium]], [[Chennai]]
| scorecard = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/scorecard/548347/chennai-super-kings-vs-kolkata-knight-riders-41st-match-ipl-2012/ Scorecard]
| round = Match 41
| result = [[2012 Indian Premier League#match41|Kolkata won by 5 wickets]]
}}
{{Cricket match summary | date = 11 May | daynight = yes | team1 = (H){{sp}}[[Kolkata Knight Riders]] | team2 = [[Chennai Super Kings]]
| score1 = 158/6 (20 overs)
| score2 = 160/5 (20 overs)
| venue = [[Eden Gardens]], [[Kolkata]]
| scorecard = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/scorecard/548368/kolkata-knight-riders-vs-chennai-super-kings-63rd-match-ipl-2012/ Scorecard]
| round = Match 63
| result = [[2012 Indian Premier League#match63|Chennai won by 5 wickets]]
}}

===Playoff stage===
{{Cricket match summary | bg=#eee | date = 21 May | daynight = yes | team1 = {{sp}}[[Kolkata Knight Riders]] | team2 = [[Delhi Capitals|Delhi Daredevils]]
| score1 = 162/4 (20 overs)
| score2 = 144/8 (20 overs)
| venue = [[Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Pune]]
| scorecard = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/game/548378/delhi-daredevils-vs-kolkata-knight-riders-1st-qualifying-match-indian-premier-league-2012]
| round = Qualifier 1
| result = [[2012 Indian Premier League#match41|Kolkata won by 18 runs]]
}}

==Match Summary==
The final between the defending two-time champions [[Chennai Super Kings]] and the first-time finalists [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] was held at the [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium]], [[Chennai]] on 27 May 2012. While the Super Kings retained their team from the Qualifier, a hamstring injury to Knight Riders medium-pace bowler [[Lakshmipathy Balaji]] resulted the inclusion of Australian [[Brett Lee]] and this inclusion of another foreign player required the Knight Riders to leave out their former captain and wicket-keeper batsman [[Brendon McCullum]] of [[New Zealand]] to maintain the cap of 4 foreign players. Wicket-keeper batsman [[Manvinder Bisla]] was brought in to replace [[Brendon McCullum]].<ref>{{cite web|title=We did it for Balaji – Gambhir|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/content/current/story/566435.html|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo|accessdate=27 May 2012}}</ref>

After Super Kings captain [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]] won the toss and elected to bat first, openers [[Murali Vijay]] and [[Mike Hussey]] put on an opening partnership of 87 until Vijay was dismissed for 42 (from 32 balls) in the 11th over. Mike Hussey was joined by IPL's leading run scorer [[Suresh Raina]] and they scored at a brisk rate to reach 160 when Hussey was dismissed in the eighteenth over for 54 (from 43 balls). [[Suresh Raina]] who had scored an imposing 73 (from 38 balls) with five [[six (cricket)|sixes]] was dismissed off the last ball as Chennai reached a formidable total of 190.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ravindran|first=Siddarth|title=Kolkata Knight Riders take title after Bisla blitz|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/content/current/story/566371.html|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo|accessdate=27 May 2012}}</ref> In reply, the Knight Riders lost their captain [[Gautam Gambhir]] cheaply for 2 in the first over. However, they recovered as [[Manvinder Bisla]] (89 from 48 balls) and [[Jacques Kallis]] (69 from 49 balls) added 136 for the second wicket. Soon after Bisla's dismissal in the 15th over, the Knight Riders lost wickets at regular intervals and after Kallis was caught out by [[Ravindra Jadeja]] off the bowling of [[Ben Hilfenhaus]] at 18.5 overs, the Knight Riders required 16 runs from the last 7 balls. [[Shakib Al Hasan]] appeared to have been caught by [[Murali Vijay]] off the very next delivery from Hilfenhaus but it happened to be a [[no-ball]] and amid the celebrations, Shakib Al Hasan had completed two runs and retained the strike and hit a [[four (cricket)|four]] the very next ball. Needing 9 runs to win from the last over, [[Manoj Tiwary (cricketer)|Manoj Tiwary]] hit consecutive [[four (cricket)|fours]] to secure victory for the Knight Riders.<ref>{{cite web|title= Match commentary|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/match/548381.html?innings=2;page=1;view=commentary|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo|accessdate=27 May 2012}}</ref> Manvinder Bisla was declared Man of the Match for his 89 from 48 balls which included five sixes and eight fours.
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==Scorecard==
* '''On-field [[umpire (cricket)|umpires]]''': [[Billy Bowden]] ({{cr|NZ}}), [[Simon Taufel]] ({{cr|AUS}})
* '''[[Third umpire]]''': [[Billy Doctrove]] ({{cr|West Indies}})
* '''[[Match referee]]''': [[Ranjan Madugalle]] ({{cr|SL}})
* '''[[Fourth umpire|Reserve umpire]]''': [[Krishnamachari Srinivasan]] ({{cr|IND}})
* '''[[Toss (cricket)|Toss]]''': Chennai Super Kings voted to bat first
* '''Result''': Kolkata Knight Riders won by five wickets
* '''League impact''': Kolkata Knight Riders won at the 2012 Indian Premier League

{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; width: 60%;" class=wikitable
|+ [[Chennai Super Kings]] batting innings
|-
! [[Batsman]]
! [[Dismissal (cricket)|Method of dismissal]]
! [[Run (cricket)|Runs]]
! [[Delivery (cricket)|Balls]]
! [[Boundary (cricket)|4s]]
! [[Boundary (cricket)|6s]]
! [[Strike rate#Batting Strike Rate|Strike rate]]
|-
| [[Mike Hussey]] || b Kallis || 54 || 43 || 4 || 2 || 125.58
|-
| [[Murali Vijay]] || c Shakib Al Hasan b Bhatia || 42 || 32 || 4 || 1 || 131.25
|-
| [[Suresh Raina]] || c Lee b Shakib Al Hasan || 73 || 38 || 3 || 5 || 192.10
|-
| [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni|MS Dhoni]] *{{dagger}} || not out || 14 || 9 || 2 || 0 || 155.55
|-
| [[Dwayne Bravo]] || did not bat ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;–
|-
| [[Ravindra Jadeja]] || did not bat ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;–
|-
| [[Albie Morkel]] || did not bat ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;–
|-
| [[Ravichandran Ashwin]]  || did not bat ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;–
|-
| [[Ben Hilfenhaus]] || did not bat ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;–
|-
| [[Shadab Jakati]] || did not bat ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;–
|-
| [[Subramaniam Badrinath]] || did not bat ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;–
|-
| Extras || (lb 3, nb 2, wd 2) || 7 || colspan="4" | 
|-
| '''Total''' || (20 overs) || '''190/3''' || colspan="4" |'''RR: 9.50'''
|}

{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; width: 60%;" class=wikitable
|+ [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] bowling
|-
! width="25%" | [[Bowler (cricket)|Bowler]]
! [[Over (cricket)|Overs]]
! [[Over (cricket)|Maidens]]
! [[Run (cricket)|Runs]]
! [[Wicket]]s
! [[Economy rate (cricket)|Economy]]
! [[Glossary of cricket terms|0]]s
! [[Boundary (cricket)|4]]s
! [[Boundary (cricket)|6]]s
! [[Wide (cricket)|WD]]
! [[No-ball|NB]]
|-
|| [[Brett Lee]] || 4 || 0 || 42 || 0 || 10.50 || 9 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 1
|-
|| [[Shakib Al Hasan]] || 3 || 0 || 25 || 1 || 8.33 || 5 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0
|-
|| [[Sunil Narine]] || 4 || 0 || 37 || 0 || 9.25 || 5 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0
|-
|| [[Iqbal Abdulla]] || 1 || 0 || 9 || 0 || 9.00 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|| [[Jacques Kallis]] || 4 || 0 || 34 || 1 || 8.50 || 7 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1
|-
|| [[Rajat Bhatia]] || 3 || 0 || 23 || 1 || 7.66 || 5 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|| [[Yusuf Pathan]] || 1 || 0 || 17 || 0 || 17.00 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0
|}

{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; width: 60%;" class=wikitable
|+ [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] batting innings
|-
! [[Batsman]]
! [[Dismissal (cricket)|Method of dismissal]]
! [[Run (cricket)|Runs]]
! [[Delivery (cricket)|Balls]]
! [[Boundary (cricket)|4s]]
! [[Boundary (cricket)|6s]]
! [[Strike rate#Batting Strike Rate|Strike rate]]
|-
| [[Manvinder Bisla]] {{dagger}} || c Badrinath b Morkel || 89 || 48 || 8 || 5 || 185.41
|-
| [[Gautam Gambhir]] * || b Hilfenhaus || 2 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 50.00
|-
| [[Jacques Kallis]] || c Jadeja b Hilfenhaus || 69 || 49 || 7 || 1 || 140.81
|-
| [[Laxmi Ratan Shukla|LR Shukla]] || c Hussey b Bravo|| 3 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 50.00
|-
| [[Yusuf Pathan]] || c Badrinath b Ashwin || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 50.00
|-
| [[Shakib Al Hasan]] || not out || 11 || 7 || 1 || 0 || 157.14
|-
| [[Manoj Tiwary (cricketer)|Manoj Tiwary]] || not out || 9 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 300.00
|-
| [[Rajat Bhatia]]  || did not bat ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;–
|-
| [[Iqbal Abdulla]] || did not bat ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;–
|-
| [[Sunil Narine]] || did not bat ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;–
|-
| [[Brett Lee]] || did not bat ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;–
|-
| Extras || (lb 1, nb 1, wd 6) || 8 || colspan="4" | 
|-
| '''Totals''' || (19.4 overs) || '''192/5''' || colspan="4" |'''RR: 9.76'''
|}

{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; width: 60%;" class=wikitable
|+ [[Chennai Super Kings]] bowling
|-
! width="25%" | [[Bowler (cricket)|Bowler]]
! [[Over (cricket)|Overs]]
! [[Over (cricket)|Maidens]]
! [[Run (cricket)|Runs]]
! [[Wicket]]s
! [[Economy rate (cricket)|Economy]]
! [[Glossary of cricket terms|0]]s
! [[Boundary (cricket)|4s]]
! [[Boundary (cricket)|6s]]
! [[Wide (cricket)|WD]]
! [[No-ball|NB]]
|-
|| [[Ben Hilfenhaus]] || 4 || 0 || 25 || 2 || 6.25 || 11 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
|| [[Albie Morkel]] || 4 || 0 || 38 || 1 || 9.50 || 5 || 5 || 0 || 2 || 0
|-
|| [[Ravichandran Ashwin]] || 4 || 0 || 41 || 1 || 10.25 || 6 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0
|-
|| [[Dwayne Bravo]] || 3.4 || 0 || 49 || 1 || 13.36 || 3 || 4 || 3 || 2 || 0
|-
|| [[Shadab Jakati]] || 4 || 0 || 38 || 0 || 9.50 || 5 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 0
|}

'''Source''' : <div style="font-size:75%">[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/indian-premier-league-2012-520932/chennai-super-kings-vs-kolkata-knight-riders-final-548381/full-scorecard Full scorecard on Cricinfo]</div>

'''Key'''
* <nowiki>*</nowiki>&nbsp;– [[Captain (cricket)|Captain]]
* {{dagger}}&nbsp;– [[Wicket-keeper]]
* c ''Fielder''&nbsp;– the [[Batting (cricket)|batsman]] was dismissed by a catch by the named [[Fielding (cricket)|fielder]]
* b ''Bowler''&nbsp;– the [[Bowling (cricket)|bowler]] who gains credit for the dismissal
* lbw&nbsp;– the batsman was dismissed [[leg before wicket]]
* Total runs are in the format: ''score/wickets''
* b &nbsp;– ''[[Bye (cricket)|Bye]]'', lb &nbsp;– ''[[Leg bye]]'', nb &nbsp;– ''[[No-ball]]'', wd &nbsp;– ''[[Wide (cricket)|Wide]]'', RR &nbsp;– ''[[Run rate]]''

==References==
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