Batting order

Each batter at their most frequent position this season

PosBatterPositions batted (innings)InnsRunsSR
1James FranklinMoved around1 (5), 5 (3), 7 (2), 4 (1)1122098.7
1Richard Levi1 (5), 2 (1)683113.7
1Herschelle Gibbs1 (3)38192.0
1Tirumalasetti Suman1 (1), 2 (1)21578.9
1Aiden Blizzard1 (1)100.0
2Sachin Tendulkar2 (11), 1 (2)13324114.5
2Davy Jacobs2 (1)100.0
3Rohit Sharma3 (15), 4 (1)16433126.6
4Dinesh KarthikMoved around4 (8), 6 (3), 5 (2), 3 (1)14238111.7
5Ambati RayuduMoved around5 (5), 4 (4), 6 (4), 2 (1), 8 (1)15333132.1
5Kieron PollardMoved around5 (5), 7 (4), 6 (2)11220138.4
6Dwayne SmithMoved around6 (3), 2 (2), 7 (1)6157160.2
6Suryakumar Yadav6 (1)100.0
7Robin Peterson7 (3), 4 (1), 8 (1)532106.7
7Thisara Perera7 (2)2444.4
8Harbhajan Singh8 (8), 7 (2), 6 (1)11108135.0
8Clint McKay8 (1)1853.3
9Lasith Malinga9 (6)655103.8
10RP Singh10 (3), 9 (1), 11 (1)5650.0
10Pragyan Ojha10 (3)3428.6
10Dhawal Kulkarni10 (1)110200.0
11Munaf Patel11 (2)2228.6

Quick answers

Who opened the batting for MI in IPL 2012?

MI most often opened with James Franklin and Richard Levi in IPL 2012, with Rohit Sharma at No. 3.

Who batted as MI's finisher?

Ambati Rayudu batted most often at No. 5 (15 innings, 333 runs).

How settled was the MI top order?

James Franklin batted at No. 1 in 45% of their innings; Richard Levi batted at No. 1 in 83% of their innings.