{"id":277754,"date":"2025-07-20T16:09:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T16:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/277754\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T16:09:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T16:09:14","slug":"when-cricket-met-football-team-india-bonds-with-manchester-united-stars-in-manchester-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/277754\/","title":{"rendered":"When cricket met football: Team India bonds with Manchester United stars in Manchester | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/122798836.jpg\" alt=\"When cricket met football: Team India bonds with Manchester United stars in Manchester\" title=\"Image credit: BCCI\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> NEW DELHI: In a delightful blend of cricket and football, members of the Indian men&#8217;s cricket team met players and staff from Premier League giants <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/manchester-united\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United<\/a> in Manchester on Sunday. The crossover event, held ahead of the fourth Test against England, saw stars from both teams enjoy a fun-filled session involving football and cricket.Players from both sides were seen exchanging jerseys, sharing laughs, and even engaging in a friendly football and cricket showdown. Head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/gautam-gambhir\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gautam Gambhir<\/a> led the interaction from the Indian camp and posed for photographs with Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim. India&#8217;s Test captain <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/shubman-gill\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shubman Gill<\/a> took a spot kick during the football drills, showcasing his multi-sport flair. Fast bowler Mohammed Siraj grabbed the spotlight by bowling to Manchester United defender Harry Maguire, a light-hearted moment that was cheered by both camps. Siraj and Maguire were also seen sharing a laugh, highlighting the camaraderie.Wicketkeeper-batter <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rishabh-pant\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rishabh Pant<\/a>, known for his lively presence, posed with a customised Manchester United shirt, while French defender Leny Yoro of Manchester United returned the gesture by holding up a customised Indian Test jersey.Jasprit Bumrah engaged in a friendly chat with United stars Mason Mount and Maguire, while young Indian talents like <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/arshdeep-singh\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arshdeep Singh<\/a>, Dhruv Jurel, Shardul Thakur, and Prasidh Krishna explored the United camp and posed with their customised football shirts.<\/p>\n<p>India camp hit by more injuries, Playing XI TENSION before Manchester Test vs England<\/p>\n<p>Kuldeep Yadav, Karun Nair, and Washington Sundar were also part of the engaging meet, seen interacting with United&#8217;s coaching staff and players, further cementing the warm exchange between the two squads.The fourth Test at Old Trafford will start on July 23. India are currently trailing the five-match series 1-2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW DELHI: In a delightful blend of cricket and football, members of the Indian men&#8217;s cricket team met&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[65572,748,393,5709,4884,46269,2465,98,22958,34926,104763,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-277754","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-arshdeep-singh","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-gautam-gambhir","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-india-vs-england","14":"tag-manchester","15":"tag-manchester-united","16":"tag-rishabh-pant","17":"tag-shubman-gill","18":"tag-team-india-manchester-united","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114886434122855940","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}