Teams finishing third and fourth will be in the second play off to be Game B. Winners of game A are then allocated a place in the final. The final format layout will be the top two teams playing against one another in the first play off to be Game A. Here the teams will play against one another either home or away. There are 76 anticipated games over the 53 days of the IPLвЂ™s 5th season. At this point of time, I feel I need a break from the responsibility of captaincy of the Mumbai Indians.вЂќ In regards to the resignation Sachin said: вЂњThe 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 IndiaвЂ™s most loved sport and popular sporting event. The pop singer Katy Perry performed her track вЂTeenage dreamвЂ™ in Indian clothes together with her whole crew dressed up too! Amitabh Bachchan recited the poem вЂJanam Yadhi Phir Se MileвЂ™ written by Prasoon Joshi and then addressed the captains of each team in an oath ceremony Kareena Kapoor performed to a mix of вЂChhammak Challo and вЂDil Mera Muft,вЂ™ Salman Khan performed Dhinka Chika in his macho style Priyanka Chopra performed вЂAaj Ki RaatвЂ™ 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 вЂKochi Tuskers KeralaвЂ™ were terminated due to their infringement of BCCIвЂ™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.

All matches will be played on the Elise Patch.The Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament for 2012 commences on the 4th April 2011.

Grand finals are best of five, with the team from the winner's bracket starting with a 1-0 advantage.

Winner's bracket champion and loser's bracket champion face off in grand finals.

Double elimination bracket with eight teams starting in the winner's bracket and eight teams starting in the loser's bracket.

The teams with 1-1 records play each other in a final 'decider' match.

Winners of the first round matches play each other, losers of the first round matches play each other.

Teams play a best of one 1st round match.

One invited team, fourteen teams from online qualifiers, and one team from a Wildcard qualifier.Pluto conducted interviews and game analysis between matches. The games were cast by Joe Miller, Deman, Phreak, Jatt, Red Baron, HatPerson, Optimus Tom, and Studio. The remaining team, CLG Prime, was determined by a Wildcard Qualifier. Qualifying tournaments were organized on North American, European, and multiple Asian servers for a total of 14 invites.

Returning IPL 4 champions, Team SoloMid, was the only invited team to this event. IPL 5 was the fifth tournament in the IGN ProLeague tournament series.

Schedule of ipl 5 2012