ICC World T20 2016: Post tournament stats and trivia

Hosts opening with defeat, again

Out of the six occasions of the T20 World Cup, only twice have the hosts tasted defeat in their very first match, which also turns out to be the opening game of the tournament. The first of those instances took place at Lord’s in 2009, as the Dutch surprised England with a magical run chase.

India became the second hosts to lose their first match of the tournament as they were shocked by New Zealand in Nagpur.

The list below displays the results of the hosts’ first games:

Teams	Edition	Venue	Result
South Africa vs West Indies	2007	Johannesburg	South Africa won by 8 wickets
England vs Netherlands	2009	Lord’s	Netherlands won by 4 wickets
West Indies vs Ireland	2010	Providence	West Indies won by 70 runs
Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe	2012	Hambantota	Sri Lanka won by 82 runs
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan	2014	Dhaka	Bangladesh won by 9 wickets
India vs New Zealand	2016	Nagpur	New Zealand won by 47 runs