WATCH | Team India honour Indian Armed Force week by wearing the Flag Badge

The Indian Cricket Team took on Sri Lanka in the third and the last Test at Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi on Saturday. The Indian players sported the Armed Forces Flag badges on their Test jersey to support the Armed Forces Week. The Indian cricketers will be wearing the during the Delhi Test.

The campaign has been started by the Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. It urges the whole nation to join the Armed Forces Week from December 1st to 7th. India will be commemorating the Indian Army by celebrating the Armed Forces Flag day on Thursday, 7th December.

You can do your bit for the Armed Forces and contribute to the #ArmedForcesFlagDayFund here - http://164.100.158.73/donateaffdf.htm pic.twitter.com/5fLI36iMnu

— BCCI (@BCCI) December 2, 2017

Ahead of the game, all the players gathered for the National Anthem where all them were spotted donning the badge of Indian Armed Forces.

#TeamIndia sport the Armed Forces Flag badges to commemorate the Armed Forces Week #ArmedForcesFlagDay pic.twitter.com/EjJfHjagNY

— BCCI (@BCCI) December 2, 2017

India were 371 for 4 at the end of Day 1 after winning the Toss and batting first. After losing two quick wickets in the first session, Murali Vijay and skipper Virat Kohli frustrated the Lankan bowlers a lot. Murali Vijay went on to score his 11th Test century while the Indian captain got another in the third session. Sri Lanka came back in the match with the wickets of Vijay and Ajinkya Rahane in the last hour of the day.