First on the scene were Tom Heaton, Rasmus Hojlund and Harry Maguire, shaking hands and exchanging words before collecting their own specially printed India jerseys, the trio quickly followed by the rest of the United team, led in by Mason Mount and joined, not long after, by Amorim.
Heaton wasted no time donning his new shirt, before Kobbie Mainoo, Leny Yoro and the rest of the United squad followed suit for a large group picture.
No sooner had the camera finished before Jack Fletcher raced over to the wickets to collect a bat, and soon had a stream of bowlers lined up to challenge him. He faced efforts from Maguire, Singh and Luke Shaw, before handing the honours to Manuel Ugarte and Heaton.
It was then Maguire’s turn to bat, but Shardul Thakur had other ideas when he fired a football towards the centre-back instead. It was back to the day job for Harry, who defended his wicket like it was United’s six-yard box on a Saturday afternoon, thundering the ball back with his head in characteristic style.
