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{{Infobox cricket club season
| club =[[Kolkata Knight Riders]]
| season =2012
| coach = [[Trevor Bayliss]]
| captain = [[Gautam Gambhir]]
| ground = [[Eden Gardens]], [[Kolkata]]
| comp1 = [[2012 Indian Premier League|IPL]]
| comp1 result = winners
| comp2 = [[2012 Champions League Twenty20|CLT20]]
| comp2 result = group stage
| most runs = [[Gautam Gambhir]] (590)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=6680;type=tournament |title=Indian Premier League, 2012/ Records / Most runs |publisher=ESPNCricinfo |accessdate=20 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703081739/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=6680%3Btype%3Dtournament |archivedate= 3 July 2013 }}</ref>
| most wickets =[[Sunil Narine]] (24)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=6680;type=tournament |title=Indian Premier League, 2012/ Records / Most runs |publisher=ESPNCricinfo |accessdate=20 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514110045/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=6680%3Btype%3Dtournament |archivedate=14 May 2015 }}</ref>
| prevseason = [[Kolkata Knight Riders in 2011|2011]]
| nextseason = [[Kolkata Knight Riders in 2013|2013]]
}}

The [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] (KKR) is a franchise cricket team based in [[Kolkata]], [[India]], which plays in the [[Indian Premier League]] (IPL). They were one of the nine teams that competed in the [[2012 Indian Premier League]]. They were captained by [[Gautam Gambhir]]. Kolkata Knight Riders emerged as winners in the IPL and qualified for the Champions League T20.

== Background ==
'''Indian Premier League'''

Due to the disbanding of [[Kochi Tuskers Kerala]], each team played the remaining eight teams twice, once at home and once away. Therefore, each team played 16 matches. KKR bought back [[Brendon McCullum]] for $900,000 and West Indies [[Sunil Narine]] for $700,000. They also bought South-African [[Marchant de Lange]] for $50,000. The team replaced coach Dav Whatmore by [[Trevor Bayliss]].<ref>{{citation|url = http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/content/story/547905.html|title = Trevor Bayliss named new Knight Riders coach}}</ref> Kolkata Knight Riders also launched a new marketing campaign titled "New Dawn. New Knights" and a new logo.<ref>{{citation|url = http://www.ipl-schedule.net/kkr-launch-new-marketing-campaign-new-dawn-new-knights/|title = KKR launch new marketing campaign "New Dawn. New Knights"}}</ref>

KKR got off to a poor start in the tournament, losing their first two games against [[Delhi Daredevils]] and [[Rajasthan Royals]]. However, they fought back with consecutive wins over [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]] and Rajasthan Royals. In the next match, however, they messed up an easy chase against [[Kings XI Punjab]], losing narrowly by 2 runs. KKR's West Indian spinner [[Sunil Narine]] took the only five-wicket haul of the tournament (5–19) in that match and despite his team losing, he was declared as the Man of The Match. KKR then went on to win six matches in a row (except for a washed-out match against [[Deccan Chargers]]). However, the team's performances dipped in the following two matches, losing against [[Mumbai Indians]] and [[Chennai Super Kings]]. Eventually the team had a timely return to form, when they beat Mumbai Indians and [[Pune Warriors India]] in successive away matches, with the side bowling economically to defend average totals. This earned a second-place finish for the team at the end of the league stage and a semi-final match against Delhi Daredevils. An all-round performance from them saw Delhi being defeated by 18 runs, and KKR also qualifying for their maiden IPL final.

The final between the Knight Riders and the defending two-time champions [[Chennai Super Kings]] was held at the [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium]].<ref name="win">{{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> A hamstring injury to [[Lakshmipathy Balaji]] resulted in the inclusion of [[Brett Lee]] and due to him being a foreign player, the team was required to leave out their wicket-keeper batsman [[Brendon McCullum]] to maintain the cap of 4 foreign players. [[Manvinder Bisla]] was brought in to replace McCullum.<ref name="win" /> The team eventually won the match with the help of some impressive batting performance by Bisla (89 from 48 balls) and Jacques Kallis (69 from 49 balls) to become the champions of the tournament for the first time.<ref name="win" /> Manvinder Bisla was declared Man of the Match and [[Sunil Narine]] was named Man of the Series.<ref name="win" />

Sunil Narine was the second-highest wicket-taker as well as player of the tournament, and also had the best economy rate in the tournament.<ref name="eco rate">{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=6680;type=tournament |title=Cricket Records | Indian Premier League, 2012 | Records | Most wickets | ESPN Cricinfo |publisher=Stats. espncricinfo.com |accessdate=21 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514110045/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=6680%3Btype%3Dtournament |archivedate=14 May 2015 }}</ref> The batting was led by skipper [[Gautam Gambhir]], who was the second-highest run-getter of the tournament and scored 6 half-centuries out of a total of 11 from his team.<ref name="Runs">{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=6680;type=tournament |title=Cricket Records | Indian Premier League, 2012,; Records; Most runs |accessdate=21 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703081739/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=6680%3Btype%3Dtournament |archivedate= 3 July 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl-2012/news/KKR-pull-off-stunning-win-over-CSK-in-a-pulsating-IPL-5-final/articleshow/13576756.cms|title = KKR pull off stunning win over CSK in a pulsating IPL 5 final|accessdate = 28 May 2012}}</ref>

The state of [[West Bengal]] set up a grand felicitation involving [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]] [[Mamata Banerjee]] and [[Governor of West Bengal]] [[M K Narayanan]] .<ref name="fete" /> The [[Cricket Association of Bengal]] gifted the 17 members of the team with gold chain each and mementos.<ref name="fete" /> A victory parade for the team members was also organized on 28 May beginning from Hazra, [[Writers Building]] to the [[Eden Garden]] stadium where ten thousand spectators came to cheer for the team during a one-hour celebration that was compared to the India's [[2011 Cricket World Cup|World Cup]] victory lap at the Wankhede in Mumbai the year before.<ref name="fete">{{cite web|url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-30/news/31899360_1_kkr-players-kolkata-knight-riders-chennai-super-kings|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131105102257/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-30/news/31899360_1_kkr-players-kolkata-knight-riders-chennai-super-kings|url-status = dead|archive-date = 5 November 2013|work = [[The Times of India]]|title = Nothing wrong in Bengal govt's KKR felicitation: Shah Rukh Khan|accessdate = 28 May 2012}}</ref> However, the celebration received criticism from media and certain political parties and had been ridiculed by some pools of society as it had only been organized for a club team.<ref name="fete" /> [[Shah Rukh Khan|Shahrukh Khan]], the team's co-owner and the state's brand ambassador, defended the decision."<ref name="fete" />

'''Champions League Twenty20'''

KKR's maiden IPL victory in 2012 meant that they would now participate in the [[2012 Champions League Twenty20]] which was held in South Africa. They were in Group A along with Delhi Daredevils, Perth Scorchers, Auckland Aces and Titans. But disappointingly, they were eliminated in the group stage itself, winning only one game against the Titans, which they did so with a record breaking 99 run margin. This was the highest victory margin ever recorded in the CLT20 tournament. Losses to Delhi Daredevils and Auckland Aces followed by a washed out game against Perth meant that KKR finished 3rd in Group A and failed to qualify for the knock out stages of the tournament.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131105131648/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-26/top-stories/31860818_1_champions-league-sialkot-stallions-chennai-super-kings Five cities shortlisted to host Champions League Twenty20] The Times of India. Retrieved 30 May 2012</ref>

==Indian Premier League==
===Season standings===
Kolkata Knight Riders finished runners-up in the league stage of IPL 2012.
{{:2012 Indian Premier League|team=KKR}}

=== Match log ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:5%;"| No.
! style="width:10%;"| Date
! style="width:20%;"| Opponent
! style="width:10%;"| Venue
! style="width:40%;"| Result
! style="width:10%;"| Scorecard Link
|- align= style="background:#fbb; "
| 1 || 5 April || [[Delhi Daredevils]] || [[Eden Gardens|Kolkata]] || Lost by 8 wickets || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/match/548307.html Score Card]
|- align= style="background:#fbb; "
| 2 || 8 April || [[Rajasthan Royals]] || [[Sawai Mansingh Stadium|Jaipur]] || Lost by 22 runs || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl-kolkata/engine/match/548312.html Score Card]
|- align= style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 3 || 10 April || [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]] || [[M Chinnaswamy Stadium|Bengaluru]] || Won by 42 runs, MoM – {{flagicon|IND}} [[Lakshmipathy Balaji]] 4/18 || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl-kolkata/engine/match/548315.html Score Card]
|- align= style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 4 || 13 April || [[Rajasthan Royals]] || [[Eden Gardens|Kolkata]] || Won by 5 wickets, MoM – {{flagicon|BAN}} [[Shakib Al Hasan]] 3/17 & 16 (10) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl-kolkata/engine/match/548320.html Score Card]
|- align= style="background:#fbb; "
| 5 || 15 April || [[Kings XI Punjab]] || [[Eden Gardens|Kolkata]] || Lost by 2 runs, MoM – {{flagicon|Trinidad}} [[Sunil Narine]] 5/19 || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl-kolkata/engine/match/548323.html Score Card]
|- align= style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 6 || 18 April || [[Kings XI Punjab]] || [[PCA Stadium|Mohali]] || Won by 8 wickets, MoM – {{flagicon|India}} [[Gautam Gambhir]] 66* (44) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/match/548328.html Score Card]
|- align= style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 7 || 22 April || [[Deccan Chargers]] || [[Barabati Stadium|Cuttack]] || Won by 5 wickets,MoM – {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Brett Lee]] 1/15 || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/current/match/548335.html Score Card]
|- align= style="background:#;"
| 8 || 24 April || [[Deccan Chargers]] || [[Eden Gardens|Kolkata]] || Match Abandoned without a ball bowled || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/match/548338.html Scorecard]
|- align= style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 9 || 28 April || [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]] || [[Eden Gardens|Kolkata]] || Won by 47 runs,MoM – {{flagicon|India}} [[Gautam Gambhir]] 93 (51) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/match/548344.html Score Card]
|- align= style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 10 || 30 April || [[Chennai Super Kings]] || [[MA Chidambaram Stadium|Chennai]] || Won by 5 wickets, MoM-{{flagicon|IND}} Gautam Gambhir 63(52) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/current/match/548347.html Score Card]
|- align= style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 11 || 5 May || [[Pune Warriors India]] || [[Eden Gardens|Kolkata]] || Won by 7 runs, MoM – {{flagicon|Trinidad}} [[Sunil Narine]] 1/13 || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/current/match/548353.html Score Card]
|- align= style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 12 || 7 May || [[Delhi Daredevils]] || [[Feroz Shah Kotla|New Delhi]] || Won by 6 wickets, MoM – {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Jacques Kallis]] 2/20,30 (27) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/current/match/548357.html Score Card]
|- align= style="background:#fbb; "
| 13 || 12 May || [[Mumbai Indians]] || [[Eden Gardens|Kolkata]] || Lost by 27 runs || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/match/548363.html Score Card]
|- align= style="background:#fbb; "
| 14 || 14 May || [[Chennai Super Kings]] || [[Eden Gardens|Kolkata]] || Lost by 5 wickets || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/current/match/548368.html Score Card]
|- align= style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 15 || 16 May || [[Mumbai Indians]] || [[Wankhede Stadium|Mumbai]] || Won by 32 runs, MoM – {{flagicon|Trinidad}} [[Sunil Narine]] 4/15 || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/match/548370.html Score Card]
|- align= style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 16 || 19 May || [[Pune Warriors India]] || [[Pune International Cricket Centre|Pune]] || Won by 34 runs, MoM – {{flagicon|Bangladesh}} [[Shakib Al Hasan]] 42 (30) & 2/18 || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/current/match/548375.html Score Card]
|- align= style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 17 || 22 May || [[Delhi Daredevils]] (Qualifier 1) || [[Pune International Cricket Centre|Pune]] || Won by 18 runs, MoM – {{flagicon|India}} [[Yusuf Pathan]] 40* (21) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/current/match/548378.html Score Card]
|- align= style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 18 || 27 May || [[Chennai Super Kings]] (Final) || [[MA Chidambaram Stadium|Chennai]] || won by 5 wickets, MoM – {{flagicon|India}} [[Manvinder Bisla]] 89 (48) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/match/548381.html Score Card]
|- " class="sortbottom" style="background:indigo; color:gold;"
| colspan="6" style="text-align: center; "| '''Overall Record of 12 – 5 (One match abandoned)'''
'''Champions of the 2012 Indian Premier League '''

'''Qualified for 2012 Champions League Twenty20'''
|}

==Champions League Twenty20==
===Match log===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:5%;"| No.
! style="width:20%;"| Date
! style="width:20%;"| Opponent
! style="width:10%;"| Venue
! style="width:40%;"| Result
! style="width:10%;"| Match Scorecard
|- align= style="background:#fbb; "
| 1 || 13 October || {{flagicon|India}} [[Delhi Daredevils]] || [[SuperSport Park|Centurion]] ||Lost by 52 runs || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/574253.html Scorecard]
|- align= style="background:#fbb; "
| 2 || 15 October || {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Auckland cricket team|Auckland Aces]]|| [[Newlands Cricket Ground|Cape Town]] ||Lost by 7 wickets || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/574256.html Scorecard]
|-
| 3 || 17 October || {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Perth Scorchers]] || [[Kingsmead Cricket Ground|Durban]] || Match abandoned due to rain || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/574260.html Scorecard]
|- align= style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 4 || 21 October || {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Titans cricket team|Titans]]|| [[Newlands Cricket Ground|Cape Town]] || Won by 99 runs, MoM – {{flagicon|India}} [[Debabrata Das]] – 43* (19) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/574267.html Scorecard]
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align: center; "|'''Overall Record of 1–2 (One match abandoned) in CLT20 2012'''
'''Failed to reach Semifinals, finished 6/10 (14)'''
|}
'''

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Kolkata Knight Riders}}

[[Category:2012 Indian Premier League]]
[[Category:Kolkata Knight Riders seasons]]

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