IPL (Indian Premier League) a T20 tournament played in India is in its fifth season in 2012. The opening ceremony is scheduled on April 3, 2012 and the first match will be played on April 4, 2012 between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians in Chennai.
In IPL 5, 9 franchisee are taking part, which will have 76 matches played among them.
Given below are the details of 9 franchisee teams that are participating.
Team | Captain | Coach | Owner |
Chennai Super Kings | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Stephen Fleming | India Cements Ltd. |
Mumbai Indians | Harbhajan Singh | Robing Singh | Reliance Industries Ltd. |
Delhi Daredevils | Virender Shewag | Eric Simsons | GMR Group |
Deccan Chargers | Kumar Sangakara | Darenn Lehmann | The Deccan Chronicle |
Royal Challengers Bangalore | Daniel Vettori | Ray Jennings | Vijay Mallya |
Kings XI Punjab | Adam Gilchrist | Michael Bevan | Ness Wadia,Preity Zinta, The Oberai Group, Karan Paul, and Mohit Burman |
Rajasthan Royals | Rahul Dravid | Monty Desai | Emerging Media, Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra |
Pune Warriors | Sourav Ganguly | Geoff Marsh | Sahara Adventures Sports Limited |
Kolkata Knight Riders | Gautam Gambhir | Trevor Bayliss | Sharukh Khan, Juhi Chawala, Jai Mehta and Red Chillies Entertainment |
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