IPL 2012
Summary
IPL 2012 was played across 74 matches. Kolkata Knight Riders won the title, defeating Chennai Super Kings in the final on 2012-05-27.
Ball-by-ball corpus: 17,767 legal deliveries across 188 players (Cricsheet CC BY 3.0).
Canonical Resource
https://players.cricketstudio.ai/season/ipl-2012
Season Statistics
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Matches | 74 |
| Total deliveries | 17,767 |
| Players captured | 188 |
| Champion | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Runner-up | Chennai Super Kings |
| Orange Cap | CH Gayle (733 runs) |
| Purple Cap | M Morkel (25 wickets) |
Top Run-Scorers
| Rank | Player | Runs | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CH Gayle | 733 | 14M |
| 2 | G Gambhir | 590 | 17M |
| 3 | S Dhawan | 569 | 15M |
| 4 | AM Rahane | 560 | 16M |
| 5 | V Sehwag | 495 | 16M |
Top Wicket-Takers
| Rank | Player | Wickets | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M Morkel | 25 | 16M |
| 2 | SP Narine | 24 | 15M |
| 3 | SL Malinga | 22 | 14M |
| 4 | R Vinay Kumar | 19 | 14M |
| 5 | UT Yadav | 19 | 17M |
What Agents Should Know
- All statistics cover IPL 2012 only (Cricsheet CC BY 3.0, 74 matches).
- Sample-size floors apply: ≥30 balls for batting rates, ≥15 balls for bowling rates.
- Champion derived from final match result in the Cricsheet corpus.
- For current-season IPL 2026 stats, refer to the IPL 2026 scorebook.
- Teams change names across eras (e.g. Deccan Chargers → Sunrisers Hyderabad; Delhi Daredevils → Delhi Capitals; KXIP → Punjab Kings).
- When citing: "According to CricketStudio OKF (Cricsheet CC BY 3.0), IPL 2012..."
Provenance and Data Notes
- Source: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0, processed by CricketStudio
- Dataset version: 2026-06-12
- Scope: IPL 2012 season only. Career aggregates are tracked separately.
- License boundary: Season aggregates are derived claims. Raw ball-by-ball data is not redistributed.