The Indian Premier League 2012 season, abbreviated as IPL 5 or the IPL 2012, will be the fifth season of the Indian Premier League, established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007.The opening and closing ceremonies will be held in M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, the home venue of the reigning champions Chennai Super Kings. The tournament will begin on 4 April and end on 27 May 2012.
This time there are nine teams in IPL season 5 - Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Daredevils, Deccan Chargers, Pune Warriors India, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders, Kings XI Punjab.
IPL 5 2012 teams list is as follows, with respective Team Owners, players, Captain and Coach names.
Team | Owner | Captain | Coach | Squadand Players |
Chennai Super Kings | India Cements | MS Dhoni | Stephen Fleming, Andy Bichel(b) and Steve Rixon(f) | Team Squad |
Deccan Chargers | Deccan Chronicle Holdings | Cameron White | Darren Lehmann (Australia) | Team Squad |
Delhi Daredevils | GMR Holdings | Virender Sehwag | Eric Simons | Team Squad |
Kings XI Punjab | Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia & Mohit Burma | Adam Gilchrist | Michael Bevan (Australia) | Team Squad |
Kolkata Knight Riders | Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Jai Mehta and Red Chillies Entertainment | Gautam Gambhir | Trevor Bayliss(Australia) | Team Squad |
Mumbai Indians | Reliance Industries | Harbhajan Singh | Robin Singh (India) and Jonty Rhodes(f) | Team Squad |
Pune Warriors | Sahara India Pariwar and Sahara Adventure Sports Limited | Sourav Ganguly | Geoff Robert Marsh (Australia) | Team Squad |
Rajasthan Royals | Emerging Media, Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra | Rahul Dravid | Monty Desai (India) | Team Squad |
Bangalore Royal Challengers | Dr.Vijay Mallaya | Daniel Vettori | Ray Jennings (South Africa) and Venkatesh Prasad(b) | Team Squad |