2012 Kings XI Punjab season

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Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) is a franchise cricket team based in Mohali, 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 Adam Gilchrist. Kings XI Punjab finished 6th in the IPL and did not qualify for the champions league T20.

Squad

Players with international caps prior to the 2012 season are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nat	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
07	Paul Valthaty	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
12	Mandeep Singh	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
14	Shaun Marsh	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox	Overseas
16	Paras Dogra	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
20	David Miller	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
22	Gurkeerat Singh	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
29	David Hussey	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Vice-captain
–	Sunny Singh	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
–	Siddharth Chitnis	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
All-rounders
04	Bipul Sharma	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
06	James Faulkner	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	Overseas
17	Dimitri Mascarenhas	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas
23	Rajagopal Sathish	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
25	Abhishek Nayar	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
27	Azhar Mahmood	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas
–	Ben Cutting	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas
–	Amit Yadav	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
18	Adam Gilchrist	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Captain
63	Nitin Saini	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	–
Bowlers
03	Harmeet Singh	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
08	Stuart Broad	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas
11	Piyush Chawla	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break
13	Bhargav Bhatt	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
34	Parvinder Awana	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
45	Ryan Harris	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right arm fast	Overseas
55	Ramesh Powar	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
70	Shalabh Srivastava	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
83	Vikramjeet Malik	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
88	Praveen Kumar	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
–	Love Ablish	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
–	Kyle Abbott	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium	Overseas
–	Nathan Rimmington	Template:Flagicon	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium	Overseas

Indian Premier League

Season standings

Kings XI Punjab finished 6th in the league stage of IPL 2012. ("C" refers to the "Champions" of the Tournament. 'R'(2nd Position), '3' and '4' are the positions of the respective teams in the tournament.)

Match log

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard
1	6 April	Rajasthan Royals	Jaipur	Lost by 31 runs	Score Card
2	8 April	Pune Warriors India	Pune	Lost by 22 runs	Score Card
3	12 April	Pune Warriors India	Mohali	Won by 7 wickets, MoM - Dimitri Mascarenhas 5/25	Score Card
4	15 April	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	Won by 2 runs	Template:Usurped
5	18 April	Kolkata Knight Riders	Mohali	Lost by 8 wickets	Score Card
6	20 April	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Mohali	Lost by 5 wickets	Score Card
7	22 April	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Won by 6 wickets, MoM - Shaun Marsh 68* (40)	Score Card
8	25 April	Mumbai Indians	Mohali	Lost by 4 wickets	Scorecard
9	28 April	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	Won by 7 runs, MoM- Mandeep Singh 56 (50)	Score Card
10	2 May	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	Won by 4 wickets MoM- Azhar Mahmood 3/20	Score Card
11	5 May	Rajasthan Royals	Mohali	Lost by 43 runs	Score Card
12	8 May	Hyderabad Deccan Chargers	Hyderabad	Won by 25 runs, MoM- Mandeep Singh 75 (48)	Score Card
13	13 May	Hyderabad Deccan Chargers	Mohali	Won by 4 wickets,MoM- David Hussey 65* (35)	Score Card
14	15 May	Delhi Daredevils	New Delhi	Lost by 5 wickets	Score Card
15	17 May	Chennai Super Kings	Dharamsala	Won by 6 wickets, MoM- Adam Gilchrist 64* (46)	Score Card
16	19 May	Delhi Daredevils	Dharamsala	Lost by 6 wickets	Score Card
Overall record: 8-8. Failed to advance.