The Test series rolls into Manchester this week, with five days of cricketing action scheduled to be held just down the road from the Theatre of Dreams, at Emirates Old Trafford.
Ahead of the much-anticipated event, the India squad were invited for a tour of the Reds' training base, where they met Ruben Amorim's squad, swapped shirts, and even tried their hand at each other's sport.
Here, we take you inside Carrington as United welcomed India's top sporting stars to town, as adidas' partnership with United and the BBCI brought the teams together...
It wouldn't be a true Mancunian welcome without a spot of rain and, right on cue, the heavens opened as India's all-black coach pulled into Carrington's car park.