The International Cricket Council (ICC) has introduced home and away kit rule for the World Cup, just on the lines of FIFA World Cup.
World Cup 2019: The World Cup is set to begin from May 30 and will be held in England. The number of teams has been reduced from 14 to 10 and the format is similar to that of 1992.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has introduced home and away kit rule for the World Cup, just on the lines of FIFA World Cup. Each team wears separate colours for their home and away games.
''For televised ICC events all participating teams will be required to provide for two different coloured kits, except for the host country who has preference in the choice of colour and may, if it chooses to do so, provide only one coloured kit to be worn in all matches throughout the event. In advance of the event the teams will be notified which coloured kit will be worn in each match," the ICC said in a release.
India, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and hosts England will be playing the World Cup in their tradition Blue colours. India having their primary home kit as the dark blue one, will have to change to the orange one for a few games.
Afghanistan might have to change their kits on Saturday as both India and Afghanistan don blue jerseys. According to ICC schedule of World Cup 2019, the upcoming match in Southampton will be treated as a home game for India.
Team Afghanistan's playing kits for the @ICC @cricketworldcup 2019. #AfghanAtalan #CWC2019 pic.twitter.com/XtmmOg19wF
— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) May 8, 2019
The BCCI has not released the jersey yet, but they along with Nike is slated to release a blend of blue and orange. According to India Today, they have confirmed that the Indian cricket team will be sporting the orange jersey with a blue strip on the collar.
1. 2019
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India, who have traditionally sported blue, will continue to wear that in other group matches. Against Sri Lanka, they will take the field in this as they are listed as the home team for this match.
South Africa, Pakistan and Bangladesh all have green as their colour. They will also have alternatives in place, New Indian Express reports.
While Pakistan have the luxury of sporting their much favoured green right through the tournament, the other two have to wear yellow as their away kit.
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2. 1975 - 1987
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Until the 1987 World Cup, the teams continued to wear white which was worn in Tests as well.
Only in 1992, did they first wear a coloured jersey.
The red ball was used instead of the white in the first three editions of the Cup. India failed to make a mark in 1975 and 1979 as they got knocked out in the group stages itself.
They, however, created history in the 1983 tournament, defeating favourites West Indies, at Lord's.
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3. 1992
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The 1992 World Cup held in Australia and New Zealand was the first edition where the teams wore coloured jerseys.
Back then, India had an indigo-colored jersey with coloured stripes on the shoulders.
9 teams took part in the World Cup, including South Africa, who played their first ever World Cup.
Pakistan won the 1992 World Cup, defeating England in the final by 22 runs.
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4. 1996
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The 1996 World Cup was held in the sub-continent - Sri Lanka - for the first time. India’s jersey was a combination of a yellow and pale shade of blue.
The jersey had alternate white and yellow horizontal stripes and a stand-out yellow collar.
It also had random rainbow coloured arrows running across the chest and down the sleeves.
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5. 1999
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The 1999 World Cup was held in England with 12 teams participating.
The teams were divided into two groups of six each, with the Super Six that followed.
India finished second in their group but performed extremely poorly in the Super Six, winning just one match.
The yellow stripes and arrows from the previous jersey were transformed into a yellow pattern with a black border running across the chest diagonally.
The bright yellow stand-out collar was given a black border, highlighting it even more.
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6. 2003
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The 2003 World Cup will go down as one of India's most successful tournaments ever.
The Indian jersey received a massive face-lift.
Yellow was replaced with new black patches on the sides of the kit.
The Indian tricolour and ‘India’ was written in bold yellow font on the front of the jersey.
Both sides of the track pants and one side of the collar received small Indian flags as well.
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7. 2007
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2007 World Cup will go down as one of the darkest years in the 50-over format for India as they lost in the group stages of the tournament held in West Indies.
The Indian squad’s jersey, however, got a lot classier in 2007. w
The Indian tricolour moved from the centre to a neater panel on the side. The black patches were removed, the blue shade of the jersey lightened and ‘India’ was printed in a new font.
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8. 2011
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The 2011 World Cup was an epic experience for Indian fans as the Men in Blue lifted the trophy in their own backyard (Mumbai) by defeating Sri Lanka in the final by 6 wickets.
In the 2011 jersey, the shade of blue became the darkest it has ever been. Orange was added to the sides.
The player names were also written in orange.
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9. 2015
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The 2015 World Cup was held in Australia and New Zealand. Interestingly, these two teams competed in the final as well, with Australia coming out on top.
As for the Indian jersey, in January 2015, the Indian squad got another makeover.
The highlight was that each kit, including the jersey and the bottom, was made out of an average of 33 recycled plastic bottles.
The shade of blue was similar to that used in 2011 and there were patterns of slightly darker blue all across the jersey.
The team name was written in orange once again but with a white border this time.
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