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6: The number of times Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) played the first match of the tournament - the most by any team. They have won five of the six games, with their only loss coming against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in 2011. Mumbai Indians (MI) and CSK are next on the list with four and three appearances in the opener respectively.
0: Among the eight original teams, Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) are the only ones yet to play in any opening match.
1: Two matches being played on the opening day has happened only once so far - in 2009. MI took on CSK in the first match while Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) played Rajasthan Royals in the second. Both matches were held in Cape Town.
5-3: Win-loss record of teams batting first in openers. In the first four seasons, teams batting first won all the matches while teams have successfully chased down targets thrice in the last four years.
1: Ashoke Dinda is the only one player to make his T20 debut in the opening match of an IPL season. He took 2/9 in the match against RCB in 2008.
2: Number of times a foreign captain featured in the opening match of IPL - Adam Gilchrist of Deccan Chargers in 2010 and Mahela Jayawardene of Delhi Daredevils (DD) in 2013.
158*: By Brendon McCullum for KKR against RCB in Bangalore in 2008 is the only century scored during the opening match of a season. He scored 71.17% of the team's total in that particular innings, second most for a T20 innings where all wickets were lost or the full 20 overs used. It is also the most runs scored by anyone in tournament openers. Jacques Kallis is next with 157 runs in four innings.
13: Total number of fifties scored apart from McCullum's hundred. Jacques Kallis has scored the most fifties two.
9: Wickets taken by Lasith Malinga in his four tournament openers - the most wickets by any. Sunil Narine is next best with eight wickets in three games. No one else has more than three wickets.
4/13: by Sunil Narine for KKR against DD in Kolkata in 2013 are the best figures for a bowler in IPL openers. 4/20 against MI the following year is the next best on the list.
12: Number of ducks in opening games of the tournament. Manoj Tiwary in 2010 and Unmukt Chand in 2013 are the ones to be dismissed off the very first ball of the tournament.
2: Number of times Jacques Kallis and Rohit Sharma took the first catch of the tournament. Kallis did it in 2008 and 2013 while Rohit did it in 2010 and 2014.
159: Average score batting first in the opening match of the IPL. Comparatively, the average score batting second is only 133.
222: by KKR against RCB in Bangalore in the very first match of IPL is the highest team score while 82 by RCB in the second innings is the lowest. 19 runs from extras was the highest individual score for RCB in that innings.
6: The number of wickets lost in the opening match of IPL in 2015 between KKR and MI in Kolkata - the fewest number of wickets lost in an opening game.
1: There has been only one occasion of a batsman getting retired hurt Sachin Tendulkar against CSK in Chennai in 2012 after getting hit on the glove.
131*: partnership by Rohit Sharma and Corey Anderson for MI against KKR in Kolkata in 2015 is the highest in the opening match of an IPL season.
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