Belfast, June 27 -- As Ireland defeated India in the first T20I of the two-match series, their first win against Men in Blue across all formats, it marked a hat-trick of T20 World Cup champions going down in their next match after winning the trophy.

Ireland made their name in the history books, as a shocker batting collapse while chasing 183 from India saw the two-time, back-to-back T20WC champions crumble to a 34-run defeat in Belfast.

This is the third time a T20 World Cup winner has gone down to a team just a match after winning the title. In 2022, England went down to Bangladesh by six wickets and, in fact, lost the whole series by 3-0.

After a Rohit Sharma-led India won the title back in 2024, they went down to Zimbabwe in their ...