2012 Indian Premier League

The 2012 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 5 or the IPL 2012 or the DLF IPL 2012 (owing to title sponsorship reasons), was the fifth season of the Indian Premier League, initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007 with the first season played in 2008. The tournament began on 4 April and ended on 27 May 2012. Kolkata Knight Riders were the winning team, beating defending champions Chennai Super Kings by five wickets in the final. This season the number of teams in the league went from ten to nine with the termination of Kochi Tuskers Kerala.

Despite a slow start, IPL 5 earned a higher cumulative viewership than any previous edition of the IPL. 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. 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. 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.

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 Kolkata Knight Riders bowler Sunil Narine was Player of the Season. 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

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 ₹ 1,550 crore and the consortium has to pay a bank guarantee of ₹ 1.56 billion every year until 2020. 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.

Venues

Chennai	Mumbai	Pune	Kolkata
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

Mohali	Chennai Mumbai Mohali Kolkata Bangalore Dharamsala Jaipur Pune Delhi Hyderabad Visakhapatnam Cuttack		Bangalore
Kings XI Punjab			Royal Challengers Bangalore
PCA Stadium			M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
Capacity: 30,000			Capacity: 55,000

Hyderabad			Delhi
Deccan Chargers			Delhi Daredevils
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium			Feroz Shah Kotla
Capacity: 55,000			Capacity: 48,000

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

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony was held on 3 April night in Chennai at the YMCA Ground. The ceremony included some performances by Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor, Salman Khan, Prabhu Deva, Colonial Cousins, and Katy Perry. The opening game was held in the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, the home venue of the reigning champions Chennai Super Kings. The closing ceremony will also be held at the same venue.

Prabhu Deva

Priyanka Chopra

Kareena Kapoor

Salman Khan

Celebrities performing at the 5th IPL opening ceremony at Chennai

Teams and standings

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Delhi Daredevils (3)	16	11	5	0	22	0.617
2	Kolkata Knight Riders (C)	16	10	5	1	21	0.561
3	Mumbai Indians (4)	16	10	6	0	20	−0.100
4	Chennai Super Kings (R)	16	8	7	1	17	0.100
5	Royal Challengers Bangalore	16	8	7	1	17	−0.022
6	Kings XI Punjab	16	8	8	0	16	−0.216
7	Rajasthan Royals	16	7	9	0	14	0.201
8	Deccan Chargers	16	4	11	1	9	−0.509
9	Pune Warriors India	16	4	12	0	8	−0.551

Source:

(“C” refers to the “Champions” of the Tournament. ‘R'(2nd Position), ‘3’ and ‘4’ are the positions of the respective teams in the tournament.)

Results

Group stage

Visitor team →	CSK	DC	DD	KXIP	KKR	MI	PWI	RR	RCB
Home team ↓	CSK	DC	DD	KXIP	KKR	MI	PWI	RR	RCB
Chennai Super Kings		Chennai 10 runs	Chennai 9 wickets	Punjab 7 runs	Kolkata 5 wickets	Mumbai 8 wickets	Chennai 13 runs	Chennai 7 wickets	Chennai 5 wickets
Deccan Chargers	Chennai 74 runs		Delhi 9 wickets	Punjab 25 runs	Kolkata 5 wickets	Mumbai 5 wickets	Deccan 13 runs	Deccan 5 wickets	Deccan 9 runs
Delhi Daredevils	Delhi 8 wickets	Delhi 5 wickets		Delhi 5 wickets	Kolkata 6 wickets	Delhi 37 runs	Pune 20 runs	Delhi 1 run	Bangalore 21 runs
Kings XI Punjab	Punjab 6 wickets	Punjab 4 wickets	Delhi 6 wickets		Kolkata 8 wickets	Mumbai 4 wickets	Punjab 7 wickets	Rajasthan 43 runs	Bangalore 5 wickets
Kolkata Knight Riders	Chennai 5 wickets	Match abandoned	Delhi 8 wickets	Punjab 2 runs		Mumbai 27 runs	Kolkata 7 runs	Kolkata 5 wickets	Kolkata 47 runs
Mumbai Indians	Mumbai 2 wickets	Mumbai 5 wickets	Delhi 7 wickets	Punjab 6 wickets	Kolkata 32 runs		Pune 28 runs	Mumbai 27 runs	Bangalore 9 wickets
Pune Warriors India	Pune 7 wickets	Deccan 18 runs	Delhi 8 wickets	Pune 22 runs	Kolkata 34 runs	Mumbai 1 run		Rajasthan 7 wickets	Bangalore 35 runs
Rajasthan Royals	Chennai 4 wickets	Rajasthan 5 wickets	Delhi 6 wickets	Rajasthan 31 runs	Rajasthan 22 runs	Mumbai 10 wickets	Rajasthan 45 runs		Bangalore 46 runs
Royal Challengers Bangalore	Match abandoned	Bangalore 5 wickets	Bangalore 20 runs	Punjab 4 wickets	Kolkata 42 runs	Mumbai 5 wickets	Bangalore 6 wickets	Rajasthan 59 runs

Home team won	Visitor team won

Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams.
Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.

Team	Group matches																Playoffs
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Q1/E	Q2	F
Chennai Super Kings	0	2	2	4	4	6	8	9	9	9	11	11	13	15	17	17	W	W	L
Deccan Chargers	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	9
Delhi Daredevils	2	2	4	6	8	8	10	12	14	16	16	18	18	20	20	22	L	L
Kings XI Punjab	0	0	2	4	4	4	6	6	8	10	10	12	14	14	16	16
Kolkata Knight Riders	0	0	2	4	4	6	8	9	11	13	15	17	17	17	19	21	W		W
Mumbai Indians	2	2	4	6	6	6	8	8	10	12	14	14	16	18	18	20	L
Pune Warriors India	2	4	4	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Rajasthan Royals	2	4	4	4	6	8	8	8	8	8	10	12	12	14	14	14
Royal Challengers Bangalore	2	2	2	2	4	6	8	9	9	9	11	13	15	15	17	17

Win	Loss	No result

Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.

Group stage

4 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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(H) Chennai Super Kings 112 (19.5 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 115/2 (16.5 overs)
Suresh Raina 36 (26) Kieron Pollard 2/15 (4 overs)		Richard Levi 50 (35) Dwayne Bravo 1/14 (3 overs)

Mumbai won by 8 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Player of the match: Richard Levi (Mumbai)

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

5 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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(H) Kolkata Knight Riders 97/9 (12 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils 100/2 (11.1 overs)
Laxmi Shukla 26 (17) Morné Morkel 3/18 (3 overs)		Irfan Pathan 42* (20) Rajat Bhatia 1/7 (1.1 overs)

Delhi won by 8 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Player of the match: Irfan Pathan (Delhi)

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
Rain-shortened match. Match started at 22:30 and reduced to 12 overs per side.

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
Rain-shortened match. Match started at 22:30 and reduced to 12 overs per side.^[18]

6 April 2012
16:00 (D/N)
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Pune Warriors India 129/9 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians (H) 101/9 (20 overs)
Steve Smith 39 (32) Lasith Malinga 2/16 (4 overs)		Dinesh Karthik 32 (32) Ashok Dinda 4/17 (4 overs)

Pune won by 28 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Player of the match: Steve Smith (Pune)

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

6 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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(H) Rajasthan Royals 191/4 (20 overs)	v	Kings XI Punjab 160/9 (20 overs)
Ajinkya Rahane 98 (66) James Faulkner 2/41 (4 overs)		Mandeep Singh 34 (25) Kevon Cooper 3/25 (4 overs)

Rajasthan won by 31 runs
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Player of the match: Ajinkya Rahane (Rajasthan)

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

7 April 2012
16:00 (D/N)
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(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 157/8 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils 137/7 (20 overs)
AB de Villiers 64* (42) Doug Bracewell 3/32 (4 overs)		Naman Ojha 33 (26) Muttiah Muralitharan 4/25 (4 overs)

Bangalore won by 20 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Bangalore)

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.

7 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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Chennai Super Kings 193/6 (20 overs)	v	Deccan Chargers (H) 119 (17.1 overs)
Ravindra Jadeja 48 (29) Dale Steyn 2/25 (4 overs)		Cameron White 23 (16) Ravindra Jadeja 5/16 (4 overs)

Chennai won by 74 runs
ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai)

Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field.

8 April 2012
16:00 (D/N)
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(H) Rajasthan Royals 164/5 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 142 (20 overs)
Brad Hodge 44 (29) Brett Lee 2/29 (4 overs)		Manoj Tiwary 59 (49) Kevon Cooper 3/28 (4 overs)

Rajasthan won by 22 runs
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Player of the match: Brad Hodge (Rajasthan)

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

8 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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(H) Pune Warriors India 166/6 (20 overs)	v	Kings XI Punjab 144/8 (20 overs)
Marlon Samuels 46 (39) Harmeet Singh 3/24 (3.2 overs)		Bipul Sharma 35* (18) Rahul Sharma 2/34 (4 overs)

Pune won by 22 runs
Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
Player of the match: Marlon Samuels (Pune)

Pune Warriors India won the toss and elected to bat.

9 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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(H) Deccan Chargers 138/9 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 142/5 (20 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 41 (24) Munaf Patel 4/20 (4 overs)		Rohit Sharma 73* (50) Dale Steyn 3/12 (4 overs)

Mumbai won by 5 wickets
ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Player of the match: Rohit Sharma (Mumbai)

Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.

10 April 2012
16:00 (D/N)
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Kolkata Knight Riders 165/8 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 123/9 (20 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 64 (39) Vinay Kumar 2/18 (4 overs)		Vinay Kumar 25 (26) Lakshmipathy Balaji 4/18 (4 overs)

Kolkata won by 42 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Player of the match: Lakshmipathy Balaji (Kolkata)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

10 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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Chennai Super Kings 110/8 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils (H) 111/2 (13.2 overs)
Dwayne Bravo 22 (31) Morné Morkel 2/19 (4 overs)		Kevin Pietersen 43* (26) Ravichandran Ashwin 1/21 (3.2 overs)

Delhi won by 8 wickets
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Player of the match: Morné Morkel (Delhi)

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.

11 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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(H) Mumbai Indians 197/6 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 170 (19.4 overs)
Kieron Pollard 64 (33) Amit Singh 2/29 (4 overs)		Owais Shah 76 (42) Munaf Patel 4/28 (3.4 overs)

Mumbai won by 27 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Player of the match: Kieron Pollard (Mumbai)

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

12 April 2012
16:00 (D/N)
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Royal Challengers Bangalore 205/8 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings (H) 208/5 (20 overs)
Chris Gayle 68 (35) Doug Bollinger 3/24 (3 overs)		Francois du Plessis 71 (46) Muttiah Muralitharan 3/21 (4 overs)

Chennai won by 5 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Player of the match: Francois du Plessis (Chennai)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.

12 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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Pune Warriors India 115 (19 overs)	v	Kings XI Punjab (H) 116/3 (17.4 overs)
Mithun Manhas 31 (28) Dimitri Mascarenhas 5/25 (4 overs)		Shaun Marsh 64* (54) Rahul Sharma 1/17 (3 overs)

Punjab won by 7 wickets
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Player of the match: Dimitri Mascarenhas (Kings)

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

13 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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Rajasthan Royals 131/5 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 137/5 (19.2 overs)
Owais Shah 31 (33) Shakib Al Hasan 3/17 (4 overs)		Jacques Kallis 31 (38) Ashok Menaria 1/3 (1 over)

Kolkata won by 5 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan (Kolkata)

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.

14 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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Chennai Super Kings 155/5 (20 overs)	v	Pune Warriors India (H) 156/3 (19.2 overs)
Ravindra Jadeja 44 (26) Rahul Sharma 2/16 (3 overs)		Jesse Ryder 73* (56) Yo Mahesh 1/22 (2.2 overs)

Pune won by 7 wickets
Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
Player of the match: Jesse Ryder (Pune)

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

15 April 2012
16:00 (D/N)
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Kings XI Punjab 134/9 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 132/7 (20 overs)
Mandeep Singh 38 (34) Sunil Narine 5/19 (4 overs)		Debabrata Das 35* (23) Piyush Chawla 3/18 (4 overs)

Punjab won by 2 runs
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata)

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

15 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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Rajasthan Royals 195/2 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 136 (20 overs)
Ajinkya Rahane 103* (60) Zaheer Khan 1/15 (4 overs)		Mayank Agarwal 34 (21) Siddharth Trivedi 4/23 (4 overs)

Rajasthan won by 59 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Player of the match: Ajinkya Rahane (Rajasthan)

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
Ajinkya Rahane smashed 6 consecutive fours off an S. Aravind over – which was a first for the IPL.^[19]

16 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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(H) Mumbai Indians 92 (19.2 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils 93/3 (14.5 overs)
Harbhajan Singh 33 (22) Umesh Yadav 2/11 (4 overs)		Virender Sehwag 32 (36) RP Singh 2/24 (4 overs)

Delhi won by 7 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Player of the match: Shahbaz Nadeem (Delhi)

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.

17 April 2012
16:00 (D/N)
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Deccan Chargers 196/2 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals (H) 197/5 (19.4 overs)
JP Duminy 58* (26) Siddharth Trivedi 1/27 (4 overs)		Brad Hodge 48* (21) Amit Mishra 3/32 (4 overs)

Rajasthan won by 5 wickets
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Player of the match: Brad Hodge (Rajasthan)

Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.

17 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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Pune Warriors India 182/6 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 186/4 (20 overs)
Robin Uthappa 69 (45) Vinay Kumar 2/34 (4 overs)		Chris Gayle 81 (48) Marlon Samuels 1/5 (2 overs)

Bangalore won by 6 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Player of the match: Chris Gayle (Bangalore)

Pune Warriors India won the toss and elected to bat.
Chris Gayle created the record for the most number of consecutive sixes during a match in IPL history where he hit Rahul Sharma for 5 consecutive sixes in a single over.^[20]

18 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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(H) Kings XI Punjab 124/7 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 127/2 (16.3 overs)
Adam Gilchrist 40* (33) Sunil Narine 2/24 (4 overs)		Gautam Gambhir 66* (44) Piyush Chawla 2/19 (4 overs)

Kolkata won by 8 wickets
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Player of the match: Gautam Gambhir (Kolkata)

Kings XI Punjab won toss and elected to bat.

19 April 2012
16:00 (D/N)
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Deccan Chargers 157/8 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils (H) 162/5 (19.1 overs)
Parthiv Patel 45 (27) Morné Morkel 3/23 (4 overs)		Kevin Pietersen 103* (64) Dale Steyn 2/19 (4 overs)

Delhi won by 5 wickets
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Player of the match: Kevin Pietersen (Delhi)

Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.

19 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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(H) Chennai Super Kings 164/5 (20 overs)	v	Pune Warriors India 151/7 (20 overs)
Francois du Plessis 58 (48) Marlon Samuels 3/39 (4 overs)		Angelo Mathews 27 (22) Nuwan Kulasekara 2/10 (2 overs)

Chennai won by 13 runs
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Player of the match: Nuwan Kulasekara (Chennai)

Pune Warriors India won the toss and elected to field.

20 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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(H) Kings XI Punjab 163/6 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 166/5 (19.3 overs)
David Hussey 41 (34) Khan, McDonald 2/25 (4 overs) each		Chris Gayle 87 (56) Parvinder Awana 4/34 (4 overs)

Bangalore won by 5 wickets
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Player of the match: Chris Gayle (Bangalore)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

21 April 2012
16:00 (D/N)
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Rajasthan Royals 146/4 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings (H) 147/3 (20 overs)
Owais Shah 52 (43) Shadab Jakati 1/12 (2 overs)		Francois du Plessis 73 (52) Kevon Cooper 2/23 (4 overs)

Chennai won by 7 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Player of the match: Francois du Plessis (Chennai)

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.

21 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Pune Warriors India 192/3 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils (H) 172/7 (20 overs)
Jesse Ryder 86 (58) Morné Morkel 3/50 (4 overs)		Virender Sehwag 57 (32) Alfonso Thomas 3/22 (4 overs)

Pune won by 20 runs
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (Pune)

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.

22 April 2012
16:00 (D/N)
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(H) Mumbai Indians 163/6 (20 overs)	v	Kings XI Punjab 164/4 (19.3 overs)
James Franklin 79 (51) Parvinder Awana 2/23 (4 overs)		Shaun Marsh 68* (40) Kieron Pollard 2/14 (4 overs)

Punjab won by 6 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Player of the match: Shaun Marsh (Kings)

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.

22 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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(H) Deccan Chargers 126/7 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 127/5 (19 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 50 (50) Lakshmipathy Balaji 2/22 (4 overs)		Manoj Tiwary 30* (28) Dale Steyn 2/24 (4 overs)

Kolkata won by 5 wickets
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Player of the match: Brett Lee (Kolkata)

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
The match had a delayed start, but was not shortened.^[21]

23 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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Royal Challengers Bangalore 189/3 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals (H) 143/7 (20 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 76* (58) Brad Hogg 2/39 (4 overs)		Rahul Dravid 58 (42) KP Appanna 4/19 (4 overs)

Bangalore won by 46 runs
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Bangalore)

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
The Man of the Match award was originally given to AB de Villiers, who then presented it to KP Appanna.

24 April 2012
16:00 (D/N)
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(H) Pune Warriors India 146/2 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils 148/2 (16 overs)
Manish Pandey 80* (56) Irfan Pathan 1/23 (4 overs)		Virender Sehwag 87* (48) Rahul Sharma 1/33 (4 overs)

Delhi won by 8 wickets
Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
Player of the match: Virender Sehwag (Delhi)

Pune Warriors India won the toss and elected to bat.

24 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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(H) Kolkata Knight Riders	v	Deccan Chargers

Match abandoned
Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Match abandoned without a toss due to rain.

25 April 2012
16:00 (D/N)
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(H) Kings XI Punjab 168/3 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 171/6 (19.5 overs)
David Hussey 68* (40) James Franklin 1/5 (1 over)		Rohit Sharma 50 (30) Parvinder Awana 3/39 (4 overs)

Mumbai won by 4 wickets
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Player of the match: Ambati Rayudu (Mumbai)

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.

25 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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Chennai Super Kings	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore (H)

Match abandoned
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
Match abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain.

26 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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Deccan Chargers 177/4 (20 overs)	v	Pune Warriors India (H) 159/7 (20 overs)
Cameron White 78 (46) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1/34 (4 overs)		Robin Uthappa 29 (27) Ashish Reddy 2/32 (4 overs)

Deccan won by 18 runs
Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
Player of the match: Cameron White (Deccan)

Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.

27 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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(H) Delhi Daredevils 207/5 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 170/9 (20 overs)
Virender Sehwag 73 (39) Robin Peterson 3/37 (4 overs)		Ambati Rayudu 62 (39) Shahbaz Nadeem 2/35 (4 overs)

Delhi won by 37 runs
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Player of the match: Virender Sehwag (Delhi)

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

28 April 2012
16:00 (D/N)
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Kings XI Punjab 156/8 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings (H) 149/8 (20 overs)
Mandeep Singh 56 (50) Albie Morkel 3/29 (4 overs)		Dwayne Bravo 30 (21) Azhar Mahmood 3/25 (4 overs)

Punjab won by 7 runs
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Player of the match: Mandeep Singh (Kings)

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.

28 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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(H) Kolkata Knight Riders 190/4 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 143/6 (20 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 93 (51) Vinay Kumar 2/31 (4 overs)		Chris Gayle 86 (58) Jacques Kallis 2/31 (4 overs)

Kolkata won by 47 runs
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Player of the match: Gautam Gambhir (Kolkata)

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.

29 April 2012
16:00 (D/N)
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(H) Delhi Daredevils 152/6 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 151/3 (20 overs)
Virender Sehwag 63 (39) Pankaj Singh 2/25 (4 overs)		Ajinkya Rahane 84* (63) Morné Morkel 1/26 (4 overs)

Delhi won by 1 run
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Player of the match: Virender Sehwag (Delhi)

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat.

29 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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Deccan Chargers 100 (18.4 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians (H) 101/5 (18.1 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 29 (32) Lasith Malinga 4/16 (3.4 overs)		Rohit Sharma 42 (48) Dale Steyn 2/10 (4 overs)

Mumbai won by 5 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Player of the match: Dale Steyn (Deccan)

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

30 April 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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(H) Chennai Super Kings 139/5 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 140/5 (19.4 overs)
Suresh Raina 44 (34) Jacques Kallis 2/21 (4 overs)		Gautam Gambhir 63 (52) Ravichandran Ashwin 2/22 (3.4 overs)

Kolkata won by 5 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Player of the match: Gautam Gambhir (Kolkata)

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
The Man of the Match award was originally given to Gautam Gambhir, who then presented it to Debabrata Das.^[22]

1 May 2012
16:00 (D/N)
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(H) Deccan Chargers 186/4 (20 overs)	v	Pune Warriors India 173/5 (20 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 82 (52) Wayne Parnell 1/25 (4 overs)		Steve Smith 47* (27) Ankit Sharma 1/9 (2 overs)

Deccan won by 13 runs
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (Deccan)

Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.

1 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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(H) Rajasthan Royals 141/6 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils 144/4 (15.2 overs)
Rahul Dravid 57 (43) Pawan Negi 4/18 (4 overs)		Virender Sehwag 73 (38) Brad Hogg 2/32 (4 overs)

Delhi won by 6 wickets
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Player of the match: Pawan Negi (Delhi)

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.

2 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 158/5 (20 overs)	v	Kings XI Punjab 163/6 (19.5 overs)
Chris Gayle 71 (42) Azhar Mahmood 3/20 (4 overs)		Nitin Saini 50 (36) Andrew McDonald 2/25 (4 overs)

Punjab won by 4 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Player of the match: Azhar Mahmood (Kings)

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

3 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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Mumbai Indians 120/9 (20 overs)	v	Pune Warriors India (H) 119/6 (20 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 34 (35) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2/9 (3 overs)		Mithun Manhas 42* (34) Harbhajan Singh 2/18 (4 overs)

Mumbai won by 1 run
Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
Player of the match: Lasith Malinga (Mumbai)

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.

4 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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(H) Chennai Super Kings 160/6 (20 overs)	v	Deccan Chargers 150/5 (20 overs)
Francois du Plessis 42 (35) Veer Pratap Singh 2/35 (3 overs)		Cameron White 77 (53) Suresh Raina 1/5 (1 over)

Chennai won by 10 runs
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Player of the match: Suresh Raina (Chennai)

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

5 May 2012
16:00 (D/N)
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(H) Kolkata Knight Riders 150/6 (20 overs)	v	Pune Warriors India 143/8 (20 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 56 (36) Angelo Mathews 2/17 (4 overs)		Sourav Ganguly 36 (35) Marchant de Lange 3/34 (4 overs)

Kolkata won by 7 runs
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata)

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.

5 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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Rajasthan Royals 177/6 (20 overs)	v	Kings XI Punjab (H) 134/8 (20 overs)
Rahul Dravid 46 (39) Ryan Harris 4/34 (4 overs)		Shaun Marsh 34 (27) Shaun Tait 2/18 (4 overs)

Rajasthan won by 43 runs
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Player of the match: Shane Watson (Rajasthan)

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.

6 May 2012
16:00 (D/N)
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Chennai Super Kings 173/8 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians (H) 174/8 (20 overs)
Murali Vijay 41 (29) Lasith Malinga 3/25 (4 overs)		Sachin Tendulkar 74 (44) Ravindra Jadeja 2/12 (2 overs)

Mumbai won by 2 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Player of the match: Dwayne Smith (Mumbai)

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

6 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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Deccan Chargers 181/2 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 185/5 (18.5 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 73* (52) Prasanth Parameswaran 1/45 (4 overs)		Tillakaratne Dilshan 71 (54) Amit Mishra 2/28 (4 overs)

Bangalore won by 5 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Bangalore)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

7 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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(H) Delhi Daredevils 153/9 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 154/4 (18.4 overs)
Irfan Pathan 36 (22) Jacques Kallis 2/20 (4 overs)		Brendon McCullum 56 (44) Umesh Yadav 2/30 (4 overs)

Kolkata won by 6 wickets
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (Kolkata)

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat.

8 May 2012
16:00 (D/N)
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(H) Pune Warriors India 125/6 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 126/3 (16.2 overs)
Anustup Majumdar 30 (20) Shaun Tait 3/13 (4 overs)		Shane Watson 90* (51) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1/17 (4 overs)

Rajasthan won by 7 wickets
Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
Player of the match: Shane Watson (Rajasthan)

Pune Warriors India won the toss and elected to bat.

8 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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Kings XI Punjab 170/5 (20 overs)	v	Deccan Chargers (H) 145/8 (20 overs)
Mandeep Singh 75 (48) Ashish Reddy 2/39 (4 overs)		Daniel Harris 30 (29) David Hussey 2/2 (1 over)

Punjab won by 25 runs
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Player of the match: Mandeep Singh (Kings)

Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field.
Deccan Chargers were eliminated as a result of this match.

9 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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(H) Mumbai Indians 141/6 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 142/1 (18 overs)
Dinesh Karthik 44 (39) H Patel, Muralitharan 2/24 (4 overs)		Chris Gayle 82* (59) Pragyan Ojha 1/25 (2 overs)

Bangalore won by 9 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Player of the match: Chris Gayle (Bangalore)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

10 May 2012
16:00 (D/N)
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(H) Deccan Chargers 187/4 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils 193/1 (16.4 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 84 (49) Varun Aaron 2/30 (4 overs)		David Warner 109* (54) Shikhar Dhawan 1/27 (2 overs)

Delhi won by 9 wickets
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Player of the match: David Warner (Delhi)

Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.

10 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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(H) Rajasthan Royals 126/6 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings 127/6 (18.1 overs)
Brad Hodge 33 (28) Ben Hilfenhaus 2/8 (4 overs)		Suresh Raina 23 (17) Siddharth Trivedi 2/18 (4 overs)

Chennai won by 4 wickets
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Player of the match: Ben Hilfenhaus (Chennai)

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Pune Warriors India were eliminated as a result of this match.

11 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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Royal Challengers Bangalore 173/3 (20 overs)	v	Pune Warriors India (H) 138/9 (20 overs)
Chris Gayle 57 (31) Angelo Mathews 1/14 (3 overs)		Robin Uthappa 38 (23) Vinay Kumar 3/32 (4 overs)

Bangalore won by 35 runs
Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
Player of the match: Chris Gayle (Bangalore)

Pune Warriors India won the toss and elected to field.

12 May 2012
16:00 (D/N)
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Mumbai Indians 182/1 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 155/4 (20 overs)
Rohit Sharma 109* (60) Shakib Al Hasan 1/27 (4 overs)		Jacques Kallis 79 (60) Pragyan Ojha 1/26 (3 overs)

Mumbai won by 27 runs
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Player of the match: Rohit Sharma (Mumbai)

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.

12 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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Delhi Daredevils 114/5 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings (H) 115/1 (15.2 overs)
Yogesh Nagar 44* (47) Ben Hilfenhaus 3/27 (4 overs)		Murali Vijay 48* (40) Irfan Pathan 1/15 (2 overs)

Chennai won by 9 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Player of the match: Ben Hilfenhaus (Chennai)

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

13 May 2012
16:00 (D/N)
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(H) Rajasthan Royals 170/4 (20 overs)	v	Pune Warriors India 125/9 (20 overs)
Ajinkya Rahane 61 (47) Ashish Nehra 3/23 (4 overs)		Steve Smith 37 (31) Ajit Chandila 4/13 (4 overs)

Rajasthan won by 45 runs
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Player of the match: Ajit Chandila (Rajasthan)

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
Ajit Chandila gets the first hat-trick of IPL 2012 and ninth overall.^[23]

13 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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Deccan Chargers 190/4 (20 overs)	v	Kings XI Punjab (H) 194/6 (20 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 71 (50) Azhar Mahmood 2/39 (4 overs)		David Hussey 65* (35) Dale Steyn 2/26 (4 overs)

Punjab won by 4 wickets
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Player of the match: David Hussey (Kings)

Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.

14 May 2012
16:00 (D/N)
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(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 171/6 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 173/5 (19.4 overs)
Mayank Agarwal 64* (30) Kieron Pollard 1/20 (3 overs)		Ambati Rayudu 81* (54) Muttiah Muralitharan 1/16 (4 overs)

Mumbai won by 5 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Player of the match: Ambati Rayudu (Mumbai)

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
The match started at 16:50 due to rain, but was not shortened. Also play was stopped for 8 minutes during Mumbai’s chase as one of the light towers stopped working.^[24]

14 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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(H) Kolkata Knight Riders 158/6 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings 160/5 (20 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 62 (43) Shadab Jakati 2/26 (4 overs)		Michael Hussey 56 (39) Sunil Narine 2/14 (4 overs)

Chennai won by 5 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Player of the match: Michael Hussey (Chennai)

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

15 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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Kings XI Punjab 136/8 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils (H) 140/5 (19 overs)
David Hussey 40* (35) Umesh Yadav 3/21 (4 overs)		Mahela Jayawardene 56* (49) Parvinder Awana 3/22 (4 overs)

Delhi won by 5 wickets
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Player of the match: Umesh Yadav (Delhi)

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
Delhi Daredevils qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.

16 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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Kolkata Knight Riders 140/7 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians (H) 108 (19.1 overs)
Manoj Tiwary 41 (43) Rudra Pratap Singh 2/33 (4 overs)		Sachin Tendulkar 27 (24) Sunil Narine 4/15 (3.1 overs)

Kolkata won by 32 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata)

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

17 May 2012
16:00 (D/N)
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Chennai Super Kings 120/7 (20 overs)	v	Kings XI Punjab (H) 123/4 (16.3 overs)
Dwayne Bravo 48 (43) Parvinder Awana 2/12 (4 overs)		Adam Gilchrist 64* (46) Dwayne Bravo 2/18 (3 overs)

Punjab won by 6 wickets
HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala
Player of the match: Adam Gilchrist (Kings)

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
Kolkata Knight Riders qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.

17 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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Royal Challengers Bangalore 215/1 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils (H) 194/9 (20 overs)
Chris Gayle 128* (62) Varun Aaron 1/38 (4 overs)		Ross Taylor 55 (26) Prasanth Parameswaran 3/30 (3 overs)

Bangalore won by 21 runs
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Player of the match: Chris Gayle (Bangalore)

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.

18 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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Rajasthan Royals 126/8 (20 overs)	v	Deccan Chargers (H) 128/5 (18.4 overs)
Rahul Dravid 39 (36) Dale Steyn 2/16 (4 overs)		Akshath Reddy 42 (35) Siddharth Trivedi 2/20 (4 overs)

Deccan won by 5 wickets
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Player of the match: Dale Steyn (Deccan)

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
Rajasthan Royals were eliminated as a result of this match.

19 May 2012
16:00 (D/N)
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(H) Kings XI Punjab 141/8 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils 145/4 (18.2 overs)
Siddharth Chitnis 38 (32) Morne Morkel 4/20 (4 overs)		David Warner 79 (44) Ryan Harris 2/19 (4 overs)

Delhi won by 6 wickets
HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala
Player of the match: Umesh Yadav (Delhi)

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.
Mumbai Indians qualified for the playoffs, Kings Xi Punjab were eliminated, and Delhi Daredevils advanced to Qualifier 1 as a result of this match.

19 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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Kolkata Knight Riders 136/4 (20 overs)	v	Pune Warriors India (H) 102/8 (20 overs)
Shakib Al Hasan 42 (30) Wayne Parnell 2/18 (4 overs)		Jesse Ryder 22 (24) Shakib Al Hasan 2/18 (4 overs)

Kolkata won by 34 runs
Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
Player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan (Kolkata)

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
Kolkata Knight Riders advanced to Qualifier 1 as a result of this match.

20 May 2012
16:00 (D/N)
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(H) Deccan Chargers 132/7 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 123/9 (20 overs)
JP Duminy 74 (53) Vinay Kumar 3/22 (4 overs)		Virat Kohli 42 (40) Dale Steyn 3/8 (4 overs)

Deccan won by 9 runs
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Player of the match: Dale Steyn (Deccan)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
Chennai Super Kings qualified for the playoffs, and Royal Challengers Bangalore were eliminated as a result of this match.

20 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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(H) Rajasthan Royals 162/6 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 163/0 (18 overs)
Shane Watson 45 (36) Dhawal Kulkarni 3/18 (4 overs)		Dwayne Smith 87* (58) Shane Watson 0/17 (3 overs)

Mumbai won by 10 wickets
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Player of the match: Dwayne Smith (Mumbai)

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.

Playoff stage

On 15 March, it was announced that due to the municipal election in Delhi, the playoff schedule was being slightly altered. 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.

Semifinals

Preliminary final

Final

22 May 2012 — Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune

27 May 2012 — M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Delhi Daredevils

144/8 (20 ov)

Kolkata Knight Riders

192/5 (19.4 ov)

Kolkata Knight Riders

162/4 (20 ov)

25 May 2012 — M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Chennai Super Kings

190/3 (20 ov)

Delhi Daredevils

136 (17 ov)

23 May 2012 — M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Chennai Super Kings

222/5 (20 ov)

Mumbai Indians

149/9 (20 ov)

Chennai Super Kings

187/5 (20 ov)

Qualifier 1

22 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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Kolkata Knight Riders 162/4 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils 144/8 (20 overs)
Yusuf Pathan 40* (21) Pawan Negi 1/18 (4 overs)		Mahela Jayawardene 40 (33) Sunil Narine, Jacques Kallis 2/24 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 18 runs
Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Yusuf Pathan (Kolkata)

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.

Eliminator

23 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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Chennai Super Kings 187/5 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 149/9 (20 overs)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni 51* (20) Dhawal Kulkarni 3/46 (4 overs)		Dwayne Smith 38 (22) Dwayne Bravo 2/10 (3 overs)

Chennai Super Kings won by 38 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL)
Player of the match: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Chennai)

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit James Franklin for the tournament’s biggest six, 112 metres.

Qualifier 2

25 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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Chennai Super Kings 222/5 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils 136 (17 overs)
Murali Vijay 113 (58) Varun Aaron 2/63 (4 overs)		Mahela Jayawardene 55 (38) Ravichandran Ashwin 3/23 (3.5 overs)

Chennai Super Kings won by 86 runs
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Murali Vijay (Chennai)

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.

Final

27 May 2012
20:00 (D/N)
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Chennai Super Kings 190/3 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 192/5 (19.4 overs)
Suresh Raina 73 (38) Rajat Bhatia 1/23 (3 overs)		Manvinder Bisla 89 (48) Ben Hilfenhaus 2/25 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Manvinder Bisla (Kolkata)

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Kolkata Knight Riders won the IPL Trophy title for the first time.

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. Six centuries were scored.

Most runs

Player^[28]	Team	Inns	Runs	HS
Chris Gayle	Royal Challengers Bangalore	14	733	128 not out
Gautam Gambhir	Kolkata Knight Riders	17	590	93
Shikhar Dhawan	Deccan Chargers	15	569	84
Ajinkya Rahane	Rajasthan Royals	16	560	103 not out
Virender Sehwag	Delhi Daredevils	15	494	87 not out

The leading run scorer of the league phase wore an orange cap while fielding.

Most wickets

Player^[29]	Team	Inns	Wkts	BBI
Morné Morkel	Delhi Daredevils	16	25	4/20
Sunil Narine	Kolkata Knight Riders	15	24	5/19
Lasith Malinga	Mumbai Indians	14	22	4/16
Umesh Yadav	Delhi Daredevils	17	19	3/19
Vinay Kumar	Royal Challengers Bangalore	14	19	3/22

The leading wicket taker of the league phase wore a purple cap while fielding.

Special awards[edit]

Player	Team	Award	Value
AB de Villiers	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Volkswagen Power Performance	Volkswagen Vento^[30]
Mandeep Singh	Kings XI Punjab	Citi Rising Star	Hero Honda Karizma ZMR and ₹ 10,00,000^[30]
David Hussey	Kings XI Punjab	King of Karbonn Kamaal Katches	₹ 10,00,000^[31]
Chris Gayle	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Orange Cap	₹ 10,00,000^[30]
Morné Morkel	Delhi Daredevils	Purple Cap	₹ 10,00,000^[30]
Rahul Dravid	Rajasthan Royals	Fairplay Award	—^[30]
Sunil Narine	Kolkata Knight Riders	Golden Player	₹ 10,00,000^[30]

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. The viewership was also reportedly low for the opening ceremony with a rating of 1.3 TVR. The decline was attributed to the number of matches being played, as the count stands at 76 among 9 teams. 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. 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.

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: Mohnish Mishra, Shalabh Srivastava, TP Sudhindra, Amit Yadav, and Abhinav Bali (none of whom had played international cricket). 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.

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 ₹15 million (US$190,000) from the later, among which ₹12 million (US$150,000) was black money. He was also suspended from his team.

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.
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.
18 May: Luke Pomersbach, a Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman, was arrested on charges of molesting an American woman. He was later granted interim bail.
20 May: Rahul Sharma and Wayne Parnell, Pune Warriors India players, were detained by Mumbai Police along with hundreds at a rave party bust.