IPL -2012 fixtures - All Matches Schedule

IPL 2012 Match Schedule

DATE TIME MATCH TEAM VENUE

1. Wed, Apr 04 20:00(IST) Match 1 Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
2. Thu, Apr 05 20:00(IST) Match 2 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils Eden Gardens, Kolkata
3. Fri, Apr 06 16:00(IST) Match 3 Mumbai Indians vs Pune Warriors India Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
4. Fri, Apr 06 20:00(IST) Match 4 Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
5. Sat, Apr 07 16:00(IST) Match 5 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Delhi Daredevils M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
6. Sat, Apr 07 20:00(IST) Match 6 Deccan Chargers vs Chennai Super Kings ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam
7. Sun, Apr 08 16:00(IST) Match 7 Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
8. Sun, Apr 08 20:00(IST) Match 8 Pune Warriors India vs Kings XI Punjab Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
9. Mon, Apr 09 20:00(IST) Match 9 Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam
10. Tue, Apr 10 16:00(IST) Match 10 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Kolkata Knight Riders M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
11. Tue, Apr 10 20:00(IST) Match 11 Delhi Daredevils vs Chennai Super Kings Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
12. Wed, Apr 11 20:00(IST) Match 12 Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
13. Thu, Apr 12 16:00(IST) Match 13 Chennai Super Kings vs Bangalore Royal Challengers MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
14. Thu, Apr 12 20:00(IST) Match 14 Kings XI Punjab vs Pune Warriors India Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
15. Fri, Apr 13 20:00(IST) Match 15 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Eden Gardens, Kolkata
16. Sat, Apr 14 20:00(IST) Match 16 Pune Warriors India vs Chennai Super Kings Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
17. Sun, Apr 15 16:00(IST) Match 17 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab Eden Gardens, Kolkata
18. Sun, Apr 15 20:00(IST) Match 18 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Rajasthan Royals M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
19. Mon, Apr 16 20:00(IST) Match 19 Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
20. Tue, Apr 17 16:00(IST) Match 20 Rajasthan Royals vs Deccan Chargers Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
21. Tue, Apr 17 20:00(IST) Match 21 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Pune Warriors India M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
22. Wed, Apr 18 20:00(IST) Match 22 Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
23. Thu, Apr 19 16:00(IST) Match 23 Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
24. Thu, Apr 19 20:00(IST) Match 24 Chennai Super Kings vs Pune Warriors India MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
25. Fri, Apr 20 20:00(IST) Match 25 Kings XI Punjab vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
26. Sat, Apr 21 16:00(IST) Match 26 Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
27. Sat, Apr 21 20:00(IST) Match 27 Delhi Daredevils vs Pune Warriors India Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
28. Sun, Apr 22 16:00(IST) Match 28 Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
29. Sun, Apr 22 20:00(IST) Match 29 Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
30. Mon, Apr 23 20:00(IST) Match 30 Rajasthan Royals vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
31. Tue, Apr 24 16:00(IST) Match 31 Pune Warriors India vs Delhi Daredevils Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
32. Tue, Apr 24 20:00(IST) Match 32 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers Eden Gardens, Kolkata
33. Wed, Apr 25 16:00(IST) Match 33 Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
34. Wed, Apr 25 20:00(IST) Match 34 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Chennai Super Kings M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
35. Thu, Apr 26 20:00(IST) Match 35 Pune Warriors India vs Deccan Chargers Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
36. Fri, Apr 27 20:00(IST) Match 36 Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
37. Sat, Apr 28 16:00(IST) Match 37 Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
38. Sat, Apr 28 20:00(IST) Match 38 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Eden Gardens, Kolkata
39. Sun, Apr 29 16:00(IST) Match 39 Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
40. Sun, Apr 29 20:00(IST) Match 40 Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
41. Mon, Apr 30 20:00(IST) Match 41 Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
42. Tue, May 01 16:00(IST) Match 42 Deccan Chargers vs Pune Warriors India Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
43. Tue, May 01 20:00(IST) Match 43 Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
44. Wed, May 02 20:00(IST) Match 44 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Kings XI Punjab M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
45. Thu, May 03 20:00(IST) Match 45 Pune Warriors India vs Mumbai Indians Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
46. Fri, May 04 20:00(IST) Match 46 Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
47. Sat, May 05 16:00(IST) Match 47 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Pune Warriors India Eden Gardens, Kolkata
48. Sat, May 05 20:00(IST) Match 48 Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
49. Sun, May 06 16:00(IST) Match 49 Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
50. Sun, May 06 20:00(IST) Match 50 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Deccan Chargers M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
51. Mon, May 07 20:00(IST) Match 51 Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
52. Tue, May 08 16:00(IST) Match 52 Pune Warriors India vs Rajasthan Royals Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
53. Tue, May 08 20:00(IST) Match 53 Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
54. Wed, May 09 20:00(IST) Match 54 Mumbai Indians vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
55. Thu, May 10 20:00(IST) Match 56 Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
56. Thu, May 10 16:00(IST) Match 55 Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
57. Fri, May 11 20:00(IST) Match 57 Pune Warriors India vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
58. Sat, May 12 16:00(IST) Match 58 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians Eden Gardens, Kolkata
59. Sat, May 12 20:00(IST) Match 59 Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
60. Sun, May 13 16:00(IST) Match 60 Rajasthan Royals vs Pune Warriors India Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
61. Sun, May 13 20:00(IST) Match 61 Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
62. Mon, May 14 16:00(IST) Match 62 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Mumbai Indians M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
63. Mon, May 14 20:00(IST) Match 63 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings Eden Gardens, Kolkata
64. Tue, May 15 20:00(IST) Match 64 Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
65. Wed, May 16 20:00(IST) Match 65 Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
66. Thu, May 17 16:00(IST) Match 66 Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala
67. Thu, May 17 20:00(IST) Match 67 Delhi Daredevils vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
68. Fri, May 18 20:00(IST) Match 68 Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
69. Sat, May 19 16:00(IST) Match 69 Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala
70. Sat, May 19 20:00(IST) Match 70 Pune Warriors India vs Kolkata Knight Riders Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
71. Sun, May 20 16:00(IST) Match 71 Deccan Chargers vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
72. Sun, May 20 20:00(IST) Match 72 Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
73. Tue, May 22 20:00(IST) Qualifier 1 T.B.C. vs T.B.C. Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
74. Wed, May 23 20:00(IST) Eliminator T.B.C. vs T.B.C. M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
75. Fri, May 25 20:00(IST) Qualifier 2 T.B.C. vs T.B.C. MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
76. Sun, May 27 20:00(IST) Final T.B.C. vs T.B.C. MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

* If Royal Challengers Bangalore finish as First Placed Team or Second Placed team then they will play in Qualifier 1 in Bengaluru on 23 – May. The Eliminator will then move to 22 – May in Pune.

@Source : Times of India

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Interesting facts upon Cricket World Cup History

• Coloured clothing in world cup was first introduced in World Cup in 1992Neutral umpires firstly umpired the world cup in 1987.
• The 1992 Cricket World Cup proved to be a platform for many of the changes in ODI cricket, many of those changings are still applicable in the modern day cricket.
• Some of the important changes there were introduced in the 1992Cricket World Cup were ‘White Cricket Ball’ and ‘Colored Clothings’. Prior to this World Cup, all matches were played with traditional white clothes and red balls
• The 1992 Cricket World Cup was also the first tournament to feature and African Test Nation i.e. South Africa.
• The 1996 Cricket World Cup was co-hosted by Srilanka, India and Pakistan. Moreover, SriLanka became the first HOST to win the World Cup. 
• The win of Srilanka was a really memorable one, because Australia and West Indies both refused to play the matches against Srilanka IN Srilanka due to security concerns. These matches were awarded to Srilanka by default. Later, Srilanka was again rewarded with the Semi-Final victory against India because of crowd rights. This led Srilanka to finals against Australia, where Australia tasted defeat, and Srilanka won their first ever Cricket World Cup  
•  In World Cup, The 3rd umpire first umpired in 1996.
• The matches in world cup were reduced from 60 over’s to 50 over’s in 1987.
• Sri Lanka became the first site batting second to win the world cup in 1996.
• Chetan Sharma (India) is the first player to take a hat-trick in the world cup. He clean bowled Ken Rutherford, Ian Smith and Ewen Chatfield of New Zealand.
• The actual ICC trophy is not awarded since 1999, the trophy is awarded is exact replica except the name inscribed on the trophy. The actual trophy is kept at ICC head-quarters.
• Australia has not lost any match after the defeat in the 1999 world cup match against Pakistan.
•  Australia is the only team to win 4 ICC Cricket World Cups (the most by any other team)
• Australia is the only team to remain unbeaten in any ODI WORLD CUP (2003). This feat was repeated again the ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2007, where Australia remained unbeaten
• One of the biggest upset in the2007 World Cup was Ireland beating Pakistan in a group match, knocking Pakistan out of the tournament. 
• This was Srilanka’s 2^nd appearance in a World Cup final’s match, while it was Australia’s 6^th appearance in a World Cup final match, and 4^th in a row. 
• Australia won the final match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, and won the tournament undefeated and untouched, completing the winning streak of 29 world cup matches without tasting any defeat. 
• The ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2011 was supposed to be co-hosted by Pakistan, Srilanka, Bangladesh and India, but due to some sad moments and concerns, Pakistan’s right to host the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 was revoked. 
•  In ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, Shahid Afridi, the Pakistani Captain, created a record of having 4 or more wickets, in more than 4 World Cup matches. 
• Yuvraj Singh, the Indian All-rounder, shined in the World Cup2011, and was named 'Man Of the Match' for 4 consecutive matches, for his phenomenal performances. 

Cricket World Cup History and Timeline

Time Line
1844 : First Cricket match between Canada and United States
1877 : First credited test match between Australia and England
1889 : South Africa given test status
1900 : Cricket admitted to Olympics (The only Olympics for cricket)
1912 : Triangular Tournament between England, Australia and South-Africa

1928 : West Indies given test status
1930 : New Zealand given test status
1932 : India given test status
1952 : Pakistan given test status
1962 : Midlands Knock-out cup
1975 : First cricket world cup - Prudential World Cup (West Indies winner)
1979 : Second cricket world cup - Prudential World Cup (West Indies winner)
1983 : Third cricket world cup – Prudential World Cup (India winner)
1987 : Fourth cricket world cup – Reliance World Cup (Australia winner)

1992 : Fifth cricket world cup – Bensen & Hedges World Cup (Pakistan winner)
1996 : Sixth cricket world cup – Wills World Cup (Sri Lanka winner)
1999 : Seventh world cup (Australia winner)
2003 : Eighth world cup (Australia winner)
2007 : Ninth world cup (Australia winner)
2011 : Tenth world cup (India Winner)

Overview : Courtesy Wikipedia

The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams over past World Cups, as of the end of the 2011 tournament. Teams are sorted by best performance, then total number of wins, then total number of games, then by alphabetical order.

Team	Appearances			Best result	Statistics
	Total	First	Latest		Played	Won	Lost	Tie	NR
Australia	10	1975	2011	Champions (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007)	76	55	19	1	1
India	10	1975	2011	Champions (1983, 2011)	67	39	26	1	1
West Indies	10	1975	2011	Champions (1975, 1979)	64	38	25	0	1
Pakistan	10	1975	2011	Champions (1992)	64	36	26	0	2
Sri Lanka	10	1975	2011	Champions (1996)	66	31	31	1	2
England	10	1975	2011	Runners-up (1979, 1987, 1992)	66	39	25	1	1
New Zealand	10	1975	2011	Semifinals (1975, 1979, 1992, 1999, 2007, 2011)	70	40	29	0	1
South Africa	6	1992	2011	Semifinals (1992, 1999, 2007)	47	31	14	2	0
Kenya	5	1996	2011	Semifinals (2003)	29	6	22	0	1
Zimbabwe	8	1983	2011	Super Six (1999, 2003)	51	10	37	1	3
Bangladesh	4	1999	2011	Super 8 (2007)	26	8	17	0	1
Ireland	2	2007	2011	Super 8 (2007)	15	4	10	1	0
Canada	4	1979	2011	Group Stage	18	2	16	0	0
Netherlands	4	1996	2011	Group Stage	20	2	18	0	0
United Arab Emirates	1	1996	1996	Group Stage	5	1	4	0	0
Bermuda	1	2007	2007	Group Stage	3	0	3	0	0
Namibia	1	2003	2003	Group Stage	6	0	6	0	0
Scotland	2	1999	2007	Group Stage	8	0	8	0	0
East Africa†	1	1975	1975	Group Stage	3	0	3	0	0

†No longer exists.

Awards : Courtesy Wikepedia

Man of the Tournament

Main article: Cricket World Cup awards

Since 1992, one player has been declared as "Man of the Tournament" at the end of the World Cup finals:

Year	Player	Performance details
1992	Martin Crowe	456 runs
1996	Sanath Jayasuriya	221 runs and 7 wickets
1999	Lance Klusener	281 runs and 17 wickets
2003	Sachin Tendulkar	673 runs and 2 wickets
2007	Glenn McGrath	26 wickets
2011	Yuvraj Singh	362 runs and 15 wickets

Man of the Match in the World Cup Final : Courtesy wikipedia

Previously, there was no tournament award, although Man of the Match awards have always been given for individual matches. Winning the Man of the Match in the final is logically noteworthy, as this indicates the player deemed to have played the biggest part in the World Cup final. To date the award has always gone to a member of the winning side. The Man of the Match award in the final of the competition has been awarded to:

Year	Player	Performance details
1975	Clive Lloyd	102 runs
1979	Viv Richards	138*
1983	Mohinder Amarnath	3/12 and 26
1987	David Boon	75 runs
1992	Wasim Akram	33 and 3/49
1996	Aravinda de Silva	107* and 3/42
1999	Shane Warne	4/33
2003	Ricky Ponting	140*
2007	Adam Gilchrist	149
2011	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	91*