United in Manchester: Men in blue meet the Red Devils

India were always going to Old Trafford to play the fourth Test of an extremely absorbing Test series. But on Sunday they had time to make a little pit stop. At Old Trafford… adjacent.

Manchester United, the (joint) most successful club in English football, hosted India's Test cricketers at their training base in Carrington and it looks like everyone had a pretty fun time. Harry Maguire briefly relinquished defensive duties and batted against Mohammed Siraj. Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant took penalties. Gautam Gambhir and Ruben Amorim were seen engaging in deep conversation.

The occasion called for a nice group photo. And then several other candid photos. Because if two of the most followed sports teams in the world were on the same patch of grass and there was no content made to go viral on social media, did it really happen?