2012 Indian Premier League

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

Opening ceremony

Main article: 2012 Indian Premier League 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 was also held at the same venue.

Teams and standings

Points table

• The top four teams qualified for the playoffs
• C refers to the eventual winners of the tournament, RU to the runners-up

Results

Group stage

| CSK | MI | A | 8W | N | KKR | DD | A | 8W | N | MI | PWI | A | 28R | N | RR | KXIP | H | 31R | N | RCB | DD | H | 20R | N | DEC | CSK | A | 74R | N | RR | KKR | H | 22R | N | PWI | KXIP | H | 22R | N | DEC | MI | A | 5W | N | RCB | KKR | A | 42R | N | DD | CSK | H | 8W | N | MI | RR | H | 27R | N | CSK | RCB | H | 5W | N | KXIP | PWI | H | 7W | N | KKR | RR | H | 5W | N | PWI | CSK | H | 7W | N | KKR | KXIP | A | 2R | N | RCB | RR | A | 59R | N | MI | DD | A | 7W | N | RR | DEC | H | 5W | N | RCB | PWI | H | 6W | N | KXIP | KKR | A | 8W | N | DD | DEC | H | 5W | N | CSK | PWI | H | 13R | N | KXIP | RCB | A | 5W | N | CSK | RR | H | 7W | N | DD | PWI | A | 20R | N | MI | KXIP | A | 6W | N | DEC | KKR | A | 5W | N | RR | RCB | A | 46R | N | PWI | DD | A | 8W | N | KKR | DEC | N | | N | KXIP | MI | A | 4W | N | RCB | CSK | N | | N | PWI | DEC | A | 18R | N | DD | MI | H | 37R | N | CSK | KXIP | A | 7R | N | KKR | RCB | H | 47R | N | DD | RR | H | 1R | N | MI | DEC | H | 5W | N | CSK | KKR | A | 5W | N | DEC | PWI | H | 13R | N | RR | DD | A | 6W | N | RCB | KXIP | A | 4W | N | PWI | MI | A | 1R | N | CSK | DEC | H | 10R | N | KKR | PWI | H | 7R | N | KXIP | RR | A | 43R | N | MI | CSK | H | 2W | N | RCB | DEC | H | 5W | N | DD | KKR | A | 6W | N | PWI | RR | A | 7W | N | DEC | KXIP | A | 25R | N | MI | RCB | A | 9W | N | DEC | DD | A | 9W | N | RR | CSK | A | 4W | N | PWI | RCB | A | 35R | N | KKR | MI | A | 27R | N | CSK | DD | H | 9W | N | RR | PWI | H | 45R | N | KXIP | DEC | H | 4W | N | RCB | MI | A | 5W | N | KKR | CSK | A | 5W | N | DD | KXIP | H | 5W | N | MI | KKR | A | 32R | N | KXIP | CSK | H | 6W | N | DD | RCB | A | 21R | N | DEC | RR | H | 5W | N | KXIP | DD | A | 6W | N | PWI | KKR | A | 34R | N | DEC | RCB | H | 9R | N | RR | MI | A | 10W | N

Group stage

Playoffs

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. | team-width=230 | score-width=120

| RD1-text1 = 22 May 2012 — Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune | RD1-seed1 = 1 | RD1-team1 = Delhi Daredevils | RD1-score1 = 144/8 (20 ov) | RD1-seed2 = 2 | RD1-team2 = Kolkata Knight Riders | RD1-score2 = 162/4 (20 ov)

| RD1-text2 = 23 May 2012 — M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | RD1-seed3 = 3 | RD1-team3 = Mumbai Indians | RD1-score3 = 149/9 (20 ov) | RD1-seed4 = 4 | RD1-team4 = Chennai Super Kings | RD1-score4 = 187/5 (20 ov)

| RD2-text1 = 25 May 2012 — M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | RD2-seed1 = Q1L | RD2-team1 = Delhi Daredevils | RD2-score1 = 136 (17 ov) | RD2-seed2 = EW | RD2-team2 = Chennai Super Kings | RD2-score2 = 222/5 (20 ov)

| RD3-text1 = 27 May 2012 — M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | RD3-seed1 = Q1W | RD3-team1 = Kolkata Knight Riders | RD3-score1 = 192/5 (19.4 ov) | RD3-seed2 = Q2W | RD3-team2 = Chennai Super Kings | RD3-score2 = 190/3 (20 ov)

Qualifier 1

Eliminator

Qualifier 2

Final

Main article: 2012 Indian Premier League Final

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

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

Most wickets

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

Special awards

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 from the later, among which 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.

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