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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 inaugural IPL season was won by Rajasthan Royals. [10] As of 2024, there have been seventeen seasons of the IPL tournament. [11] [12] Up until 2021, the IPL tournament involved each team playing every other team twice in a home-and-away, double round-robin format. [13] [14] From 2022, the ten teams were divided into two groups of five. A ...
The auction was telecast live on SET Max, the official broadcaster of IPL. [21] IPL authority increased the number of players in each squad to 33 from the previous limit of 30 and also increased the salary cap by $2 million. [20] Each team can have a maximum of 11 overseas players in their squad and they can spend up to $2 million at auction.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is a franchise cricket team based in Bangalore, 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 Daniel Vettori. Royal Challengers Bangalore finished fifth in the IPL and did not qualify for the ...
The Mumbai Indians (MI) are a franchise cricket team based in Mumbai, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the nine teams that took part in the 2012 Indian Premier League .
The 2012 Indian Premier League final was a day/night Twenty20 cricket match on 27 May 2012 at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, which was played between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders to determine the winner of the 2012 season of the Indian Premier League, an annual Twenty20 cricket tournament in India.
From the fourth season, Kumar Sangakkara led the team and Cameron White played as his deputy. The team was coached by former Australian cricketer Darren Lehmann. [2] The owners put the franchise up for sale in 2012 due to constant banning of team players in previous seasons but declined the sole bid.
At the 2012 players auction, the team bought Ravindra Jadeja for $2 million (₹ 97.2 million), the bid which turned out to be the biggest draw in the players' auction for the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League. [1] They also bought out the contract of Tim Southee who was signed as a replacement player in the previous season.