2012 Mumbai Indians season

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

2012 season
Coach	Robin Singh
Captain	Harbhajan Singh
IPL	Playoffs
CLT20	Group stage
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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	Tirumalasetti Suman	India	(1983-12-15)15 December 1983 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
06	Aiden Blizzard	Australia	(1984-06-27)27 June 1984 (aged 27)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium	Overseas
09	Ambati Rayudu	India	(1985-09-23)23 September 1985 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
10	Sachin Tendulkar	India	(1973-04-24)24 April 1973 (aged 38)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
16	Suryakumar Yadav	India	(1990-09-14)14 September 1990 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
74	Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	(1974-02-23)23 February 1974 (aged 38)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas
77	Rohit Sharma	India	(1987-04-30)30 April 1987 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Vice-captain
88	Richard Levi	South Africa	(1988-01-15)15 January 1988 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas
–	Jaydev Shah	India	(1983-05-04)4 May 1983 (aged 28)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
All-rounders
01	Thisara Perera	Sri Lanka	(1989-04-03)3 April 1989 (aged 22)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas
05	Robin Peterson	South Africa	(1979-08-04)4 August 1979 (aged 32)	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox	Overseas
07	James Franklin	New Zealand	(1980-11-07)7 November 1980 (aged 31)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium	Overseas
50	Dwayne Smith	Barbados	(1983-04-12)12 April 1983 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas
55	Kieron Pollard	Trinidad and Tobago	(1987-05-12)12 May 1987 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast	Overseas
Wicket-keepers
04	Sushant Marathe	India	(1985-10-16)16 October 1985 (aged 26)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break
19	Dinesh Karthik	India	(1985-06-01)1 June 1985 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
–	Aditya Tare	India	(1987-11-07)7 November 1987 (aged 24)	Right-handed	–
Bowlers
03	Harbhajan Singh	India	(1980-07-03)3 July 1980 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Captain
11	R. P. Singh	India	(1985-12-06)6 December 1985 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
13	Munaf Patel	India	(1983-07-12)12 July 1983 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
14	Abu Nechim	India	(1988-11-05)5 November 1988 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
15	Clint McKay	Australia	(1983-02-22)22 February 1983 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium	Overseas
23	Yuzvendra Chahal	India	(1990-07-23)23 July 1990 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
25	Mitchell Johnson	Australia	(1981-11-02)2 November 1981 (aged 30)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	Overseas
30	Pragyan Ojha	India	(1986-09-05)5 September 1986 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
69	Pawan Suyal	India	(1989-10-15)15 October 1989 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
91	Dhawal Kulkarni	India	(1988-12-10)10 December 1988 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
99	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	(1983-08-28)28 August 1983 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Overseas

Indian Premier League

Season standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Delhi Daredevils (3rd)	16	11	5	0	22	0.617
2	Kolkata Knight Riders (C)	16	10	5	1	21	0.561
3	Mumbai Indians (4th)	16	10	6	0	20	−0.100
4	Chennai Super Kings (RU)	16	8	7	1	17	0.100
5	Royal Challengers Bangalore	16	8	7	1	17	−0.022
6	Kings XI Punjab	16	8	8	0	16	−0.216
7	Rajasthan Royals	16	7	9	0	14	0.201
8	Deccan Chargers	16	4	11	1	9	−0.509
9	Pune Warriors India	16	4	12	0	8	−0.551

Source: ^[1]

• The top four teams qualified for the playoffs
• C refers to the eventual winners of the tournament, RU to the runners-up

Match log

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard
1	April 4	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	24.633663366337Won by 8 wickets; MoM – Richard Levi 50 (35)	Scorecard
2	April 6	Pune Warriors India	Mumbai	−28Lost by 28 runs	Scorecard
3	April 9	Deccan Chargers	Visakhapatnam	4Won by 5 wickets; MoM – Rohit Sharma 73* (50) and 1 catch	Scorecard
4	April 11	Rajasthan Royals	Mumbai	27Won by 27 runs; MoM – Kieron Pollard 64 (33), 4/44 (4 overs) and 1 catch	Scorecard
5	April 16	Delhi Daredevils	Mumbai	−33.393258426966Lost by 7 wickets	Scorecard
6	April 22	Kings XI Punjab	Mumbai	−5.2051282051282Lost by 6 wickets	Scorecard
7	April 25	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	4.436974789916Won by 4 wickets; MoM – Ambati Rayudu 34* (17)	Scorecard
8	April 27	Delhi Daredevils	New Delhi	−37Lost by 37 runs	Scorecard
9	April 29	Deccan Chargers	Mumbai	11.192660550459Won by 5 wickets	Scorecard
10	May 3	Pune Warriors India	Pune	1Won by 1 run; MoM – Lasith Malinga 2/25 (4 overs) and 14 (14)	Scorecard
11	May 6	Chennai Super Kings	Mumbai	1Won by 2 wickets; MoM – Dwayne Smith 24* (9)	Scorecard
12	May 9	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Mumbai	−18.444444444444Lost by 9 wickets	Scorecard
13	May 12	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	27Won by 27 runs; MoM – Rohit Sharma 109* (60)	Scorecard
14	May 14	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	4.9322033898305Won by 5 wickets; MoM – Ambati Rayudu 81* (54)	Scorecard
15	May 16	Kolkata Knight Riders	Mumbai	−32 Lost by 32 runs	Scorecard
16	May 20	Rajasthan Royals	Jaipur	19.111111111111Won by 10 wickets; MoM – {Dwayne Smith 87* (58) & 1 catch	Scorecard
Eliminator
17	May 23	Chennai Super Kings	Bengaluru	−38 Lost by 38 runs	Scorecard
Overall record: 10–7. Advanced to the playoffs.

Champions League Twenty20

Group standings

Team[2]	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
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	October 14	Highveld Lions	Johannesburg	4Lost by 8 wickets	Scorecard
2	October 18	Yorkshire	Cape Town	4Match did not start after intermittent rain	Scorecard
3	October 20	Chennai Super Kings	Johannesburg	4Lost by 6 runs	Scorecard
4	October 22	Sydney Sixers	Durban	4Lost by 12 runs	Scorecard
Overall record: 0–3. Did not advance.