4 April 2012 (2012-04-04) – 27 May 2012 (2012-05-27)
Administrator(s)
Board of Control for Cricket in India
Cricket format
Twenty20
Tournament format(s)
Double round-robin and playoffs
Host(s)
India
Champions
Kolkata Knight Riders (1st title)
Runners-up
Chennai Super Kings
Participants
9
Matches
76
Player of the series
Sunil Narine (KKR)
Most runs
Chris Gayle (RCB) (733)
Most wickets
Morne Morkel (DD) (25)
Official website
www.iplt20.com
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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.[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.
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^ ab"Record reach for IPL 5 Final; beats IPL 4 rating". Best Media Info. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
^CricketCountry Staff (6 May 2012). "IPL 2012: Most close finishes this year". New Delhi: Cricketcountry.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
^"Last-gasp IPL thrillers stressful for players, spectators: Morkel". The Times of India. New Delhi. IANS. 18 May 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
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^Ravindran, Siddarth. "Kolkata Knight Riders take title after Manvinder Bisla blitz". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
^"We did it for Balaji – Gambhir". ESPNcricinfo. 27 May 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
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