2012 Indian Premier League final
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.
| Event | 2012 Indian Premier League | ||||||
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| Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets | |||||||
| Date | 27 May 2012 | ||||||
| Venue | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | ||||||
| Player of the match | Manvinder Bisla (KKR) | ||||||
| Umpires | Billy Bowden (New Zealand) Simon Taufel (Australia) | ||||||
| Attendance | 48,955 | ||||||
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Chennai Super Kings voted to bat first as they won the toss and set up a big total of 190/3 off 20 overs for their opposition. Kolkata Knight Riders chased the total successfully with 2-balls to spare losing 5 wickets in the process and secured the 2012 Indian Premier League trophy, which happens to be their maiden title in the history of the tournament.
Manvinder Bisla of Kolkata Knight Riders was declared the "man of the match" in the Final, Sunil Narine of Kolkata Knight Riders was declared the most valuable player of the tournament and Mandeep Singh of Kings XI Punjab was declared as the emerging player of the season for the 2012 Indian Premier League.