In C# regular expression why does the initial match show up in the groups?

So if I write a regex it's matches I can get the match or I can access its groups. This seems counter intuitive since the groups are defined in the expression with braces "(" and ")". It seems like it is not only wrong but redundant. Any one know why?

Regex quickCheck = new Regex(@"(\D+)\d+");
string source = "abc123";

m.Value        //Equals source
m.Groups.Count //Equals 2
m.Groups[0])   //Equals source
m.Groups[1])   //Equals "abc"