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The 2012 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 5 or the IPL 2012 or the DLF IPL 2012 (owing to title sponsorship reasons),[1] was 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 ended on 27 May 2012.[3] Kolkata Knight Riders were the winning team, beating defending champions Chennai Super Kings by five wickets in the final.[4] This season the number of teams in the league went from ten to nine with the termination of Kochi Tuskers Kerala.The tagline was Aisa mauka aur kaha milega? (where will you get such an opportunity ?)[5]
Despite a slow start, IPL 5 earned a higher[6] cumulative viewership than any previous edition of the IPL.[7] 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.[7] 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.[8][9] 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.[10]
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 [11] Kolkata Knight Riders bowler Sunil Narine was Player of the Season.[12] This along with 2009, 2016, and 2021 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
Template:Further 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 Template:INR 1,550 crore and the consortium has to pay a bank guarantee of Template:INR 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Kings XI Punjab | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ||
| PCA Stadium | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 55,000 | ||
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| Hyderabad | Delhi | ||
| Deccan Chargers | Delhi Daredevils | ||
| Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium | Feroz Shah Kotla | ||
| Capacity: 55,000 | Capacity: 48,000 | ||
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| 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 |
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Opening ceremony
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Teams and standings
Points table
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Results
Group stage
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Group stage
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Playoff stage
On 15 March, it was announced that due to the municipal election in Delhi, the playoff schedule was being slightly altered.[17] 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.[18] Template:Clear Template:4TeamBracket-PagePlayoff
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Statistics
Overall, 22,453 runs were scored at an average of 26.20. 857 wickets fell. Both the number of runs and of wickets were new IPL records.[19] Six centuries were scored.
Most runs
Template:Color box The leading run scorer of the league phase wore an orange cap while fielding.
Most wickets
| Player[21] | Team | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip |
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| Template:Sortname | Delhi Daredevils | 16 | 25 | Template:Ntsh4/20 |
| Template:Sortname | Kolkata Knight Riders | 15 | 24 | Template:Ntsh5/19 |
| Template:Sortname | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 22 | Template:Ntsh4/16 |
| Template:Sortname | Delhi Daredevils | 17 | 19 | Template:Ntsh3/19 |
| Template:Sortname | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 19 | Template:Ntsh3/22 |
Template:Color box The leading wicket taker of the league phase wore a purple cap while fielding.
Special awards
| Player | Team | Award | Value |
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| AB de Villiers | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Volkswagen Power Performance | Volkswagen Vento[22] |
| Mandeep Singh | Kings XI Punjab | Citi Rising Star | Hero Honda Karizma ZMR and Template:Indian Rupee 10,00,000[22] |
| David Hussey | Kings XI Punjab | King of Karbonn Kamaal Katches | Template:Indian Rupee 10,00,000[23] |
| Chris Gayle | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Orange Cap | Template:Indian Rupee 10,00,000[22] |
| Morné Morkel | Delhi Daredevils | Purple Cap | Template:Indian Rupee 10,00,000[22] |
| Rahul Dravid | Rajasthan Royals | Fairplay Award | —[22] |
| Template:Sortname | Kolkata Knight Riders | Golden Player | Template:Indian Rupee 10,00,000[22] |
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.[24] The viewership was also reportedly low for the opening ceremony with a rating of 1.3 TVR.[25] The decline was attributed to the number of matches being played, as the count stands at 76 among 9 teams.[26] 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.[7] 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.[7]
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:[10] Mohnish Mishra, Shalabh Srivastava, TP Sudhindra, Amit Yadav, and Abhinav Bali (none of whom had played international cricket).[27] 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.[28]
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 Template:INRConvert from the later, among which Template:INRConvert[29] was black money.[30][31] He was also suspended from his team.[32]
Other charges
- 9 April: Sharukh Khan, owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders, was served a notice by the Rajasthan Police for smoking in public. Khan was caught smoking on camera during a match between the Kolkata Knight Riders, the IPL team he owns, and the Rajasthan Royals on 8 April.[33]
- 16 May: Shahrukh Khan, owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders, received a five-year ban from the Wankhede Stadium for arguing with security at the ground after a match.[34]
- 18 May: Luke Pomersbach, a Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman, was arrested on charges of molesting an American woman.[35] He was later granted interim bail.[36]
- 20 May: Rahul Sharma and Wayne Parnell, Pune Warriors India players, were detained by Mumbai Police along with hundreds at a rave party bust.[37][38]
See also
References
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- ↑ IPL will become a trendsetter: Lalit Modi. The Times of India(18 February 2012). Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ IPL 2012 from April 4 to May 27. CricInfo(27 June 2011). Retrieved 27 June 2011.
- ↑ Full Scorecard of Super Kings vs KKR Final 2012 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com.
- ↑ Kochi franchise terminated by BCCI. ESPNCricinfo(19 September 2011). Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ Indian Premier League 2012. cricketwa. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Record reach for IPL 5 Final; beats IPL 4 rating. Best Media Info(7 June 2012). Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- ↑ IPL 2012: Most close finishes this year. Cricketcountry.com(6 May 2012). Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ↑ Last-gasp IPL thrillers stressful for players, spectators: Morkel. The Times of India(18 May 2012). Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 BCCI suspends 5 cricketers for IPL spot fixing. The Times of India(16 May 2012). Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- ↑ Kolkata Knight Riders take title after Manvinder Bisla blitz, Ravindran, Siddarth. ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ↑ We did it for Balaji – Gambhir. ESPNCricinfo(27 May 2012). Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- ↑ Kochi franchise terminated by BCCI ESPNcricinfo staff. ESPNCricinfo. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2012
- ↑ BCCI tells foreign players to sue Kochi Tuskers. The Times of India(14 January 2012). Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ↑ Bollywood, Katy Perry open IPL 5(4 April 2012). Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ↑ IPL 2012 from April 4 to May 27. CricInfo(27 June 2011). Retrieved 27 June 2011.
- ↑ IPL schedule undergoes changes. Indian Premier League(15 March 2012). Retrieved 15 March 2012.
- ↑ IPL Calendar.
- ↑ More runs, sixes, and close finishes(28 May 2012).
- ↑ Cricket Records | Indian Premier League, 2012 | Records | Most runs | ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ↑ Cricket Records | Indian Premier League, 2012 | Records | Most wickets | ESPN Cricinfo. Stats.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 IPL 5: Awards and honours. NDTV. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ↑ IPLT20 – King of Karbonn Kamaal Katches Poll. iplt20.com. Template:Self-published source
- ↑ IPL gets off to its worst start; lowest TRP in 5 years. DNA India(12 April 2012). Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ↑ IPL 5 opening ceremony records lowest TVR. Cricketcountry.com(11 April 2012). Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ↑ IPL total viewership falls in opening week. The Indian Express(12 April 2012). Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ↑ BCCI suspends five players accused in spot-fixing. Cricketcountry.com(15 May 2012). Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ↑ IPL spot-fixing scandal: channel stands by sting operation. Firstpost.com(15 May 2012). Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ↑ Match-fixing sting: should IPL do away with spending cap?. Firstpost.com(16 May 2012). Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ↑ IPL sting: Who are Sudhindra, Srivastava, Mishra?. Cricketnext.in(15 May 2012). Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- ↑ IPL spot-fixing: Mohnish Mishra admits and aplogises. NDTV(15 May 2012). Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ↑ Spot-fixing in IPL: Tainted cricketer Mohnish Mishra apologises, Pune suspends him. The Times of India(15 May 2012). Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ↑ Shah Rukh Khan's smoking row: Rajasthan police serves notice to the actor. NDTV(22 May 2012). Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- ↑ Shah Rukh Khan banned from Mumbai stadium after row. BBC News(18 May 2012). Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ↑ Australian cricketer Pomersbach arrested on assault charges. Reuters(18 May 2012). Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ↑ Pomersbach case: Defamation notice for Sidhartha Mallya for his tweets(19 May 2012). Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ↑ Busted rave party in Mumbai was advertised on Facebook: Cops. NDTV(21 May 2012). Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- ↑ Mumbai police bust rave party, two IPL players questioned. Hindustan Times(21 May 2012). Retrieved 21 May 2012.