It started with a friendly game of throw-ball, coach Greg Shipperd combining fun with work. As manager TA Sekar made sure the few clicking cameras were no distraction, the players divided into three rotating groups — one to handle pick-up-and-throws, the second for low, sharp catches, and the third for those betrayingly easy looking skiers.

The stadium now proudly displays a Daredevils sign, the smell of fresh paint pervades the spanking new dressing rooms and the media centre, and the floodlights that give Twenty20 games that added zing, are all set up.

Fans, obviously unaware, left the stars alone today. The solitary trio of autograph hunters, though, was shooed away as the players entered the buffered dressing rooms. The big names might ensure beginners’ excitement, but if Delhi has to adopt the new-concept team as their own, a revised PR attitude may not be such a bad idea.