Fifth edition of Indian Premier League i.e. DLF IPL 5 was started on April 4, 2012 and the final match of 5th IPL T20 was played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings on May 27, 2012 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai. Chennai Super Kings batted first and scored 190 runs in 20 overs. Kolkata Knight Riders got a huge target of 191 runs but MS Bisla and J Kallis batted really well and finally KKR won the final match of 5th DLF IPL by 5 wickets.
MS Bisla (Kolkata Knight Riders) got Player of the Match award while Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) got Player of the tournament award.