Published: Jun 29, 2019, 11:24 AM (IST)
Edited: Jun 29, 2019, 11:27 AM (IST)
Nike, the official apparel sponsor of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on Friday announced that the Indian team will debut its first ever ‘Away Kit’ in Birmingham on 30th June 2019 for their match against England.
The BCCI social media handles released photos of Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni and other members of the Indian team wearing the jersey as part of the official photo shoot.
Special occasion, special kit 👌 #TeamIndia will wear this in their #OneDay4Children game against England on Sunday. #OD4C | #ENGvIND | #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/ZvuX4be37F
— ICC (@ICC) June 29, 2019
A video of the same was also uploaded by the ICC on twitter. CRICKET WORLD CUP POINTS TABLE | WORLD CUP FIXTURES
What do you think of this kit? 💥 #TeamIndia | #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/Bv5KSfB7Uz
— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) June 29, 2019
Nike claims that similar to the recently launched ODI Kit the away kit is designed to enhance dynamic movements and modern requirement of the sport and the athletes. While the new engineered mesh and strategically placed sweat zones help enhanced breathability for the team on the field, new placket construction, the flex crest, garment cut angles and slash taping all add to making the new jersey lighter, more breathable and helps the athletes be agile on the field.
The new total orange and blue colored Away Kits also moves away from a traditional silhouette to using new innovative cut lines alongside dynamic material combinations to emphasize a Multi-dimensional Slash Design and Movement approach.
The ICC had introduced the concept of away kits, akin to football, so as there isn’t any similarities in jersey colours between opposition teams. England and India have a similar shades of blue jerseys and with England being the home team, India will have to wear the alternate kit on 30th June.
Sri Lanka and South Africa also sported away jersey with predominantly yellow colour in their conventional dark blue (SL) and dark green (SA) jersey.
Similar Afghanistan, who also wear blue jersey had sported predominantly red-coloured jersey on couple of occasions.
