A new day, a new controversy. Last evening, The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) unveiled a brand new Team India ‘away’ jersey, for the team’s penultimate league game on Sunday against England. The team, which traditionally has been dressed in various shades of blue since independence, will be donning a jersey with a patch of dark blue down the front, with a bright orange back and sleeves.
The departure is said to be prompted by the England team’s jersey with is also blue. Of the new away kit, BCCI’s apparel sponsors, Nike India, released a statement saying the ‘jersey (is) lighter, more breathable and helps the athletes be agile on the field’. But the ratio of orange versus blue has several cricket fans worried.
— Srikanth (@srikanthbjp_) June 28, 2019
Bus driver ko yaad dila dena Manchester jaana hai kahin Ayodhya pahauncha de
— Sameer Sewak (@Naa_Cheese) June 28, 2019
Try ths one more comfortable _@BCCI pic.twitter.com/n1qSyveljX
— ______ (@nithya_shre) June 29, 2019
— ____ ____ ______? (@Piramachari) June 29, 2019
Ek kamal ka fool missing hai
— Sameer Sewak (@Naa_Cheese) June 28, 2019
You should’ve given some credit to inspiration @swiggy_in… pic.twitter.com/MstofbMnbN
— ________________ (@PandiyanDr) June 28, 2019
Close enough. #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/40cPdhcBvM
— Johns (@CricCrazyJohns) June 28, 2019
Men In Blue
In 1979, with the beginning of the World Cup tournaments, India picked blue as its primary colour, with orange and yellow making an occasional appearance. Since then, the colour has been a Team India staple.
Where previously the jersey used to be lighter shades of blue, with Nike India becoming India’s official apparel sponsors in 2005, the team’s undergone several changes. From the a single splash of tricolour right down the middle of a blue jersey, to smaller stripes of tricolour on the top right and left bottom, from light blue to the current ultramarine shade – the team worn made variations over the years, but the dominance of the colour blue has remained undisputed, until now.
