Home loan EMIs, golfing banter and #SaltBae

A single ball hadn't been bowled, but as is now the norm, Twitter was busy dissecting run-of-the-mill pre-tournament routines.

.. while Brendon McCullum was continuing his time-honoured tradition of dominating Royal Challengers from ball one of the tournament.

Twitter favorite Ashish Nehra got to a 100 T20 wickets during the opening game.

A day after KP promised to pop the question, Dhoni's answer upped the banter stakes early on in the tournament.

It wasn't all just fun and joshing though. Let's just say this one was, erm, harsh?

... followed by some cryptic, open-to-interpretation response from another affected party.

Question: how many clichés can you fit into 140 characters?

You can almost hear him say that, can't you?

Meanwhile, in a welcome departure from airplane selfies, two young cricketers were out having some fun, with a pop-culture twist.

Unfortunately, it looks like there won't be more Lynnsanity this season.

In short, it's been an opening week full of highs and lows.