A power play from a different planet

The first over of the match went for 19 and ended up being the lowest-scoring over of the Sunrisers' powerplay.

Head was on 84 off 26 balls at the six-over mark, and his opening partner was scoring well ahead of him: Abhishek was on 40 off 10 at that stage.

The batting was a relentless blur and no line, length or style of bowling seemed to have the power to stop it. So true was the pitch at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, which was hosting its first match of the season, and so single-minded were the two openers in their desire to hit every possible ball to the boundary. Of the 36 balls bowled in the powerplay - Capitals could have ironically patted themselves on the back for not bowling any wides or no-balls in that time - 13 went for four and 11 for six.