Kolkata Knight Riders won the Indian Premier League 2012 by beating the Defending Champions Chennai Super Kings.Kolkata Knight Riders were consistent and were favorites to win the IPL-V.But when CSK entered the Play-offs through the backdoor,Kolkata had a lot of work to do.Kolkata defeated the Delhi Daredevils comprehensively in the Qualifier ;defeating them by 18 runs.Chennai Super Kings got 17 points in their league games and wanted the Rajasthan Royals,Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Kings XI Punjab to lose their league matches because a Win for any of the three teams can push the Chennai Super Kings out of the competition.And to the Chennai Super Kings's Surprise,all the three teams lost comprehensively.Deccan Chargers were the party poppers.Deccan were out of sorts from the start.Bowling let them away.Only Dale Steyn was their hope and he did well.He was the only bowler in the Deccan who was fearsome for the opponents.Pune Warriors started their campaign on a high but lost nearly 7 matches consecutively.Pune finished last and Deccan finished 8th.Rajasthan were inconsistent and finished 7th So were KXIP.They were boosted with the arrival of azhar Mahamood.Adam Gilchrist was injured and missed many matches before playing the last 2 matches.With RCB finishing 5th,CSK,MI,KKR and DD qualified for the playoffs.
Chennai defeated Mumbai Indians comprehensively by 38 runs.MS Dhoni blazed to a 51 off 20 balls which was the turning point in the match.In the Qualifier 2,Chennai defeated Delhi Daredevils by 86 runs with Murali Vijay scoring a brilliant century.The stage was set for a final.Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders.Chennai won the toss and chose to bat.The host scored a massive 190/3 in their 20 overs.Mike Hussey celebrated his birthday with a great knock.Out of Sorts Suresh Raina scored 73 off 38 balls.Sunil Narine who was the most toughest to pick was plundered for 37 runs in his 4 overs.Kolkata lost their skipper Gautam Gambhir who was their highest run scorer for just 2.Manvinder Bisla who came as a replacement for McCullum took the match away from the host scoring a magnificient 89 off 48 balls.Kallis too joined the party with Bisla scoring 69 runs.Shakib Al Hasan and Manoj Tiwary did it for the KKR in the last over,which won their maiden title
Orange Cap ( Most Runs )- Chris Gayle
Purple Cap (Most Wickets )-Morne Morkel
Rising Star-Mandeep SIngh (KXIP)
Golden Player of the tournament- Sunil Narine
Chennai defeated Mumbai Indians comprehensively by 38 runs.MS Dhoni blazed to a 51 off 20 balls which was the turning point in the match.In the Qualifier 2,Chennai defeated Delhi Daredevils by 86 runs with Murali Vijay scoring a brilliant century.The stage was set for a final.Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders.Chennai won the toss and chose to bat.The host scored a massive 190/3 in their 20 overs.Mike Hussey celebrated his birthday with a great knock.Out of Sorts Suresh Raina scored 73 off 38 balls.Sunil Narine who was the most toughest to pick was plundered for 37 runs in his 4 overs.Kolkata lost their skipper Gautam Gambhir who was their highest run scorer for just 2.Manvinder Bisla who came as a replacement for McCullum took the match away from the host scoring a magnificient 89 off 48 balls.Kallis too joined the party with Bisla scoring 69 runs.Shakib Al Hasan and Manoj Tiwary did it for the KKR in the last over,which won their maiden title
Orange Cap ( Most Runs )- Chris Gayle
Purple Cap (Most Wickets )-Morne Morkel
Golden Player of the tournament- Sunil Narine
