2012 Mumbai Indians season explained

Club:	Mumbai Indians
Season:	2012
Coach:	Robin Singh
Captain:	Harbhajan Singh
Comp1:	IPL
Comp1 Result:	Playoffs
Comp2:	CLT20
Comp2 Result:	Group stage
Prevseason:	2011
Nextseason:	2013

The Mumbai Indians (MI) are a franchise cricket team based in Mumbai, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the nine teams that took part in the 2012 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Harbhajan Singh who had taken over the captaincy from Sachin Tendulkar.

Mumbai Indians reached the Eliminator of playoff stage in the 2012 IPL where they were defeated by the Chennai Super Kings. They qualified for the 2012 Champions League Twenty20, where they crashed out in the group stage.

Squad

• Players with international caps before 2012 IPL are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
02			April 1, 2012	Right-handed
06			April 1, 2012	Left-handed		Overseas
09			April 1, 2012	Right-handed
10	Sachin Tendulkar		April 1, 2012	Right-handed
16			April 1, 2012	Right-handed
74	Herschelle Gibbs		April 1, 2012	Right-handed		Overseas
77	Rohit Sharma		April 1, 2012	Right-handed		Vice-captain
88	Richard Levi		April 1, 2012	Right-handed		Overseas
–			April 1, 2012	Left-handed
All-rounders
01	Thisara Perera		April 1, 2012	Left-handed		Overseas
05	Robin Peterson		April 1, 2012	Left-handed		Overseas
07	James Franklin		April 1, 2012	Left-handed		Overseas
50	Dwayne Smith		April 1, 2012	Right-handed		Overseas
55	Kieron Pollard		April 1, 2012	Right-handed		Overseas
Wicket-keepers
04			April 1, 2012	Left-handed
19	Dinesh Karthik		April 1, 2012	Right-handed
–			April 1, 2012	Right-handed	–
Bowlers
03	Harbhajan Singh		April 1, 2012	Right-handed		Captain
11	R. P. Singh		April 1, 2012	Right-handed
13	Munaf Patel		April 1, 2012	Right-handed
14			April 1, 2012	Right-handed
15	Clint McKay		April 1, 2012	Right-handed		Overseas
23			April 1, 2012	Right-handed
25	Mitchell Johnson		April 1, 2012	Left-handed		Overseas
30	Pragyan Ojha		April 1, 2012	Left-handed
69			April 1, 2012	Right-handed
91			April 1, 2012	Right-handed
99	Lasith Malinga		April 1, 2012	Right-handed		Overseas

Indian Premier League

Match log

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard
1				Won by 8 wickets; MoM – Richard Levi 50 (35)	Scorecard
2				Lost by 28 runs	Scorecard
3				Won by 5 wickets; MoM – Rohit Sharma 73* (50) and 1 catch	Scorecard
4				Won by 27 runs; MoM – Kieron Pollard 64 (33), 4/44 (4 overs) and 1 catch	Scorecard
5				Lost by 7 wickets	Scorecard
6				Lost by 6 wickets	Scorecard
7				Won by 4 wickets; MoM – Ambati Rayudu 34* (17)	Scorecard
8				Lost by 37 runs	Scorecard
9				Won by 5 wickets	Scorecard
10				Won by 1 run; MoM – Lasith Malinga 2/25 (4 overs) and 14 (14)	Scorecard
11				Won by 2 wickets; MoM – Dwayne Smith 24* (9)	Scorecard
12				Lost by 9 wickets	Scorecard
13				Won by 27 runs; MoM – Rohit Sharma 109* (60)	Scorecard
14				Won by 5 wickets; MoM – Ambati Rayudu 81* (54)	Scorecard
15				Lost by 32 runs	Scorecard
16				Won by 10 wickets; MoM – Champions League Twenty20 Group standings Team^[1] Sydney Sixers 4 4 0 0 16 +1.656 Highveld Lions 4 3 1 0 12 +0.140 Chennai Super Kings 4 2 2 0 8 −0.049 Mumbai Indians 4 0 3 1 2 −0.471 Yorkshire Carnegie 4 0 3 1 2 −1.791 Match log No. Date Opponent Venue Result Scorecard 1 Lost by 8 wickets Scorecard 2 Yorkshire Match did not start after intermittent rain Scorecard 3 Lost by 6 runs Scorecard 4 Lost by 12 runs Scorecard Overall record: 0–3. Did not advance. References

Notes and References

1. News: CLT20 2012 Group B points table. Wisden India. 9 October 2012. 23 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20121104124554/http://www.wisdenindia.com/champions-league-twenty20-2012/standings. 4 November 2012. dead.