2012 Kolkata Knight Riders season

Indian Premier League cricket team season May 2026 Kolkata Knight Riders 2012 Trevor Bayliss Gautam Gambhir Eden Gardens, Kolkata IPL Winners CLT20 Group stage Gautam Gambhir (590)http://stats.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=6680;type=tournament Indian Premier League, 2012/ Records / Most runs ESPNcricinfo 20 June 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130703081739/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=6680%3Btype%3Dtournament 3 July 2013 Sunil Narine (24)http://stats.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=6680;type=tournament Indian Premier League, 2012/ Records / Most runs ESPNcricinfo 20 June 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150514110045/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=6680%3Btype%3Dtournament 14 May 2015 2011 2013 Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is a franchise cricket team based in Kolkata, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the nine teams that competed in the 2012 IPL. They were captained by Gautam Gambhir. Kolkata Knight Riders emerged as winners of the 2012 IPL and qualified for the Champions League T20. Background Due to the disbanding of Kochi Tuskers Kerala, each team played the remaining eight teams twice, once at home and once away. Therefore, each team played 16 matches. KKR bought back Brendon McCullum for $900,000 and West Indies Sunil Narine for $700,000. They also bought South-African Marchant de Lange for $50,000. The team replaced coach Dav Whatmore by Trevor Bayliss. http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/content/story/547905.html Trevor Bayliss named new Knight Riders coach Kolkata Knight Riders also launched a new marketing campaign titled "New Dawn. New Knights" and a new logo. http://www.ipl-schedule.net/kkr-launch-new-marketing-campaign-new-dawn-new-knights/ KKR launch new marketing campaign "New Dawn. New Knights" KKR got off to a poor start in the tournament, losing their first two games against Delhi Daredevils and Rajasthan Royals. However, they fought back with consecutive wins over Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals. In the next match, however, they messed up an easy chase against Kings XI Punjab, losing narrowly by 2 runs. KKR's West Indian spinner Sunil Narine took the only five-wicket haul of the tournament (5–19) in that match and despite his team losing, he was declared as the Man of the Match. KKR then went on to win six matches in a row (except for a washed-out match against Deccan Chargers). However, the team's performances dipped in the following two matches, losing against Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings. Eventually the team had a timely return to form, when they beat Mumbai Indians and Pune Warriors India in successive away matches, with the team bowling economically to defend average totals. This earned a second-place finish for the team at the end of the league stage and a semi-final match against Delhi Daredevils. An all-round performance from them saw Delhi being defeated by 18 runs, and KKR also qualifying for their maiden IPL final. The final between the Knight Riders and the defending two-time champions Chennai Super Kings was held at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium. We did it for Balaji – Gambhir http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/content/current/story/566435.html ESPNcricinfo 27 May 2012 A hamstring injury to Lakshmipathy Balaji resulted in the inclusion of Brett Lee and due to him being a foreign player, the team was required to leave out their wicket-keeper batsman Brendon McCullum to maintain the cap of 4 foreign players. Manvinder Bisla was brought in to replace McCullum. The team eventually won the match with the help of some impressive batting performance by Bisla (89 from 48 balls) and Jacques Kallis (69 from 49 balls) to become the champions of the tournament for the first time. Manvinder Bisla was declared Man of the Match and Sunil Narine was named Man of the Series. Sunil Narine was the second-highest wicket-taker as well as player of the tournament, and also had the best economy rate in the tournament.http://stats.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=6680;type=tournament Cricket Records. Indian Premier League, 2012. Records. Most wickets. Stats. espncricinfo.com 21 April 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150514110045/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=6680%3Btype%3Dtournament 14 May 2015 The batting was led by skipper Gautam Gambhir, who was the second-highest run-getter of the tournament and scored 6 half-centuries out of a total of 11 from his team.http://stats.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=6680;type=tournament Cricket Records. Indian Premier League, 2012; Records; Most runs 21 April 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130703081739/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=6680%3Btype%3Dtournament 3 July 2013 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl-2012/news/KKR-pull-off-stunning-win-over-CSK-in-a-pulsating-IPL-5-final/articleshow/13576756.cms KKR pull off stunning win over CSK in a pulsating IPL 5 final 28 May 2012 The state of West Bengal set up a grand felicitation involving Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee and Governor of West Bengal M K Narayanan . The Cricket Association of Bengal gifted the 17 members of the team with gold chain each and mementos. A victory parade for the team members was also organized on 28 May beginning from Hazra, Writers' Building to the Eden Garden stadium where ten thousand spectators came to cheer for the team during a one-hour celebration that was compared to the India's World Cup victory lap at the Wankhede in Mumbai the year before. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl-2012/news/Nothing-wrong-in-Bengal-govts-KKR-felicitation-Shah-Rukh-Khan/articleshow/13649509.cms https://web.archive.org/web/20131105102257/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-30/news/31899360_1_kkr-players-kolkata-knight-riders-chennai-super-kings live 5 November 2013 The Times of India Nothing wrong in Bengal govt's KKR felicitation: Shah Rukh Khan 28 May 2012 However, the celebration received criticism from media and certain political parties and had been ridiculed by some pools of society as it had only been organized for a club team. Shahrukh Khan, the team's co-owner and the state's brand ambassador, defended the decision." Champions League Twenty20 KKR's maiden IPL victory in 2012 meant that they would now participate in the 2012 Champions League Twenty20 which was held in South Africa. They were in Group A along with Delhi Daredevils, Perth Scorchers, Auckland Aces and Titans. But disappointingly, they were eliminated in the group stage itself, winning only one game against the Titans, which they did so with a record breaking 99 run margin. This was the highest victory margin ever recorded in the CLT20 tournament. Losses to Delhi Daredevils and Auckland Aces followed by a washed out game against Perth meant that KKR finished 3rd in Group A and failed to qualify for the knock out stages of the tournament.Five cities shortlisted to host Champions League Twenty20 The Times of India. Retrieved 30 May 2012 Squad Players with international caps prior to the 2012 season are listed in bold.IPL 5 teams https://www.indiatoday.in/cricket-fest-5/story/ipl-5-teams-97410-2012-03-27 15 April 2025 India Today 28 March 2012 en No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting StyleBowling StyleNotes Batters03 Gautam Gambhir IND 2012 04 04 1981 10 14 y Left-handed Right-arm leg break Captain09 Manoj Tiwary IND 2012 04 04 1985 11 14 y Right-handed Right-arm leg break 16Eoin Morgan ENG 2012 04 04 1986 9 10 y Left-handed Right-arm medium Overseas63 Debabrata Das IND 2012 04 04 1986 9 22 y Right-handed Right-arm leg break All-rounders03 Jacques Kallis RSA 2012 04 04 1975 10 16 y Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Vice-captain06 Laxmi Ratan Shukla IND 2012 04 04 1981 5 6 y Right-handed Right-arm medium 22 Rajat Bhatia IND 2012 04 04 1979 10 22 y Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 27 Ryan ten Doeschate NED 2012 04 04 1980 6 30 y Right-handed Right arm medium-fast Overseas28 Yusuf Pathan IND 2012 04 04 1982 11 17 y Right-handed Right-arm off break 75 Shakib Al Hasan BAN 2012 04 04 1987 3 24 y Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox Overseas– Chirag Jani IND 2012 04 04 1989 11 9 y Right-handed Right-arm medium Wicket-keepers24 Brad Haddin AUS 2012 04 04 1977 10 23 y Right-handed – Overseas36 Manvinder Bisla IND 2012 04 04 1984 12 27 y Right-handed – 36 Brendon McCullum NZL 2012 04 04 1981 9 27 y Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas– Sanju Samson IND 2012 04 04 1994 11 11 y Right-handed – Bowlers04 James Pattinson AUS 2012 04 04 1990 5 3 y Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas08 Pradeep Sangwan IND 2012 04 04 1990 11 5 y Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 14 Shami Ahmed IND 2012 04 04 1990 3 9 y Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 21 Iqbal Abdulla IND 2012 04 04 1989 12 2 y Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox 55 Lakshmipathy Balaji IND 2012 04 04 1981 9 27 y Right-handed Right arm medium-fast 58 Brett Lee AUS 2012 04 04 1976 11 8 y Right-handed Right-arm fast Overseas74 Sunil Narine WIN 2012 04 04 1988 5 26 y Left-handed Right-arm off break Overseas90 Marchant de Lange RSA 2012 04 04 1990 10 13 y Right-handed Right-arm fast Overseas99 Jaydev Unadkat IND 2012 04 04 1991 10 18 y Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast – Iresh Saxena IND 2012 04 04 1984 3 14 y Right-handed Slow left arm orthodox – Sarabjit Ladda IND 2012 04 04 1986 7 10 y Right-handed Right-arm leg break Indian Premier League Season standings Kolkata Knight Riders finished runners-up in the league stage of IPL 2012. KKR Match log No.DateOpponentVenueResultScorecard 1 5 April Delhi Daredevils Kolkata Lost by 8 wickets Score Card 2 8 April Rajasthan Royals Jaipur Lost by 22 runs Score Card 3 10 April Royal Challengers Bangalore Bengaluru Won by 42 runs, MoM – Lakshmipathy Balaji 4/18 Score Card 4 13 April Rajasthan Royals Kolkata Won by 5 wickets, MoM – Shakib Al Hasan 3/17 & 16 (10) Score Card 5 15 April Kings XI Punjab Kolkata Lost by 2 runs, MoM – Sunil Narine 5/19 Score Card 6 18 April Kings XI Punjab Mohali Won by 8 wickets, MoM – Gautam Gambhir 66* (44) Score Card 7 22 April Deccan Chargers Cuttack Won by 5 wickets, MoM – Brett Lee 1/15 Score Card 8 24 April Deccan Chargers Kolkata Match Abandoned without a ball bowled Scorecard 9 28 April Royal Challengers Bangalore Kolkata Won by 47 runs, MoM – Gautam Gambhir 93 (51) Score Card 10 30 April Chennai Super Kings Chennai Won by 5 wickets, MoM- Gautam Gambhir 63(52) Score Card 11 5 May Pune Warriors India Kolkata Won by 7 runs, MoM – Sunil Narine 1/13 Score Card 12 7 May Delhi Daredevils New Delhi Won by 6 wickets, MoM – Jacques Kallis 2/20,30 (27) Score Card 13 12 May Mumbai Indians Kolkata Lost by 27 runs Score Card 14 14 May Chennai Super Kings Kolkata Lost by 5 wickets Score Card 15 16 May Mumbai Indians Mumbai Won by 32 runs, MoM – Sunil Narine 4/15 Score Card 16 19 May Pune Warriors India Pune Won by 34 runs, MoM – Shakib Al Hasan 42 (30) & 2/18 Score Card 17 22 May Delhi Daredevils (Qualifier 1) Pune Won by 18 runs, MoM – Yusuf Pathan 40* (21) Score Card 18 27 May Chennai Super Kings (Final) Chennai won by 5 wickets, MoM – Manvinder Bisla 89 (48) Score Card Overall record: 12–5. Champions. Qualified for 2012 Champions League Twenty20 Champions League Twenty20 Match log No. Date Opponent Venue Result Match Scorecard 1 13 October Delhi Daredevils Centurion Lost by 52 runs Scorecard 2 15 October Auckland Aces Cape Town Lost by 7 wickets Scorecard 3 17 October Perth Scorchers Durban Match abandoned due to rain Scorecard 4 21 October Titans Cape Town Won by 99 runs, MoM – Debabrata Das – 43* (19) ScorecardOverall record: 1–2. Failed to advance. References Category:2012 Indian Premier League Category:Kolkata Knight Riders seasons