Here the teams will play against one another either home or away.

There are 76 anticipated games over the 53 days of the IPL’s 5th season. At this point of time, I feel I need a break from the responsibility of captaincy of the Mumbai Indians.” In regards to the resignation Sachin said: “The Mumbai Indians is more than a team. News surrounding the games includes Sachin Tendulkar relinquishing MI (Mumbai Indians) captaincy to Harbhajan Singh. Attending too were many popular stars, politicians and dignitaries, to support India’s most loved sport and popular sporting event. The pop singer Katy Perry performed her track ‘Teenage dream’ in Indian clothes together with her whole crew dressed up too! Amitabh Bachchan recited the poem ‘Janam Yadhi Phir Se Mile’ written by Prasoon Joshi and then addressed the captains of each team in an oath ceremony Kareena Kapoor performed to a mix of ‘Chhammak Challo and ‘Dil Mera Muft,’ Salman Khan performed Dhinka Chika in his macho style Priyanka Chopra performed ‘Aaj Ki Raat’ and did a stunt flying in the air and superstar dancer Prabhu Deva performed his Michael Jackson style dance. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, the home venue of the reigning champions Chennai Super Kings. The up-beat opening ceremony was held at the M. This year sees nine teams competing, from the 10 in the previous year as the IPL franchise ‘Kochi Tuskers Kerala’ were terminated due to their infringement of BCCI’s (Board of Control for Cricket in India) terms and conditions. IPL Season 5 takes place between the 4th April 2012 and 27th May 2012 with an anticipated 76 matches to be played.

This is season 5 of this fantastic cricketing event with world class players coming together to play for their particular IPL team. The Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament for 2012 commences on the 4th April 2011.

Schedule of ipl 5 2012