IPL 5 – Match No 15 – Kolkata prevail over Rajasthan in a low scoring game
Match No 15 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs. Rajasthan Royals at Kolkata on 13.04.12 – Kolkata Knight Riders won by five wickets
BJ Hodge became the highest run getter in T20 games. His 12 runs in this game fetched him an aggregate of 4303 runs. He went past DJ Hussey’s record of 4301 runs who held the previous record for most runs in T20 games.
G Gambhir was dismissed run out in this game providing the 33rd occasion of a captain dismissed run out in IPL. It was his fifth run out dismissal in IPL and he became the third captain to be dismissed run out on five occasions in IPL. Others are – SK Warne and Yuvraj Singh. The following table lists out the details of run out of these three captains
| No | Batsman | Score | Balls | Team | Opposition | Venue | Date |
| 1 | GGambhir | 01 | 01 | Delhi | Bangalore | Delhi | 04.04.10 |
| 2 | GGambhir | 47 | 29 | Delhi | Kolkata | Kolkata | 07.04.10 |
| 3 | GGambhir | 26 | 12 | Delhi | KEPunjab | Delhi | 11.04.10 |
| 4 | GGambhir | 01 | 02 | Kolkata | Chennai | Chennai | 08.04.11 |
| 5 | GGambhir | 11 | 11 | Kolkata | Rajasthan | Kolkata | 13.04.12 |
| 1 | SKWarne | 07 | 08 | Rajasthan | Kolkata | Rajasthan | 01.05.08 |
| 2 | SKWarne | 00 | 00 | Rajasthan | Mumbai | Durban | 14.05.09 |
| 3 | SKWarne | 00 | 00 | Rajasthan | Chennai | Ahmedabad | 28.03.10 |
| 4 | SKWarne | 00 | 01 | Rajasthan | Delhi | Delhi | 31.03.10 |
| 5 | SKWarne | 01 | 04 | Rajasthan | Deccan | Nagpur | 05.04.10 |
| 1 | YuvrajSingh | 17 | 14 | KEPunjab | Kolkata | Mohali | 03.05.08 |
| 2 | YuvrajSingh | 27 | 18 | KEPunjab | Kolkata | Kolkata | 25.05.08 |
| 3 | YuvrajSingh | 49 | 16 | KEPunjab | Rajasthan | Mohali | 28.05.08 |
| 4 | YuvrajSingh | 16 | 11 | KEPunjab | Delhi | CapeTown | 19.04.09 |
| 5 | YuvrajSingh | 07 | 11 | Pune | Rajasthan | Rajasthan | 01.05.11 |
G Gambhir’s run out in this game provide the third occasion of a Kolkata captain dismissed run out in IPL. The following table lists out the three occasions
| No | Batsman | Score | Balls | Team | Opposition | Venue | Date |
| 1 | SCGanguly | 20 | 22 | Kolkata | Bangalore | Kolkata | 08.05.08 |
| 2 | G Gambhir | 01 | 02 | Kolkata | Chennai | Chennai | 08.04.11 |
| 3 | G Gambhir | 11 | 11 | Kolkata | Rajasthan | Kolkata | 13.04.12 |
JH Kallis completed 1600 runs in IPL when he was on 13 during his knock of 31 in this game. At the end of this game his run aggregate stood at 1618. He became the fifth batsman to aggregate 1600 runs in IPL. Others are – SK Raina {1905}, SR Tendulkar {1739}, AC Gilchrist {1657} and RG Sharma {1637}
OA Shah and MK Tiwary were dismissed stumped in this game providing the 113th and 114th occasion of a batsman dismissed stumped in IPL
AL Menaria and G Gambhir were dismissed run out in this game providing the 352nd and 353rd occasion of a batsman dismissed run out in IPL.