The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) revealed Team India’s new T20I jersey on September 18, which will be worn by the players during the T20 World Cup 2022, which begins on October 16 in Australia. The jersey was unveiled in front of a large crowd of Indian cricket fans at a Mumbai event hosted by kit sponsors MPL Sports.
‘Har fan ki jersey’
The new Team India jersey features shades of sky blue as well as shades of deep blue in some areas. It’s called ‘har fan ki jersey’ as the name suggests, this outfit belonged to the millions of Indian cricket fans who have been the biggest ambassadors of Indian cricket.
The first look at the kit was shared on the official social media accounts of the BCCI and MPL Sports. Rohit Sharma, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hardik Pandya, Shafali Verma, Suryakumar Yadava, and Renuka Singh could be seen wearing the new jersey.
“To every cricket fan out there, this one’s for you. Presenting the all new T20 Jersey – One Blue Jersey by @mpl_sport. #HarFanKiJersey #TeamIndia #MPLSports #CricketFandom,” the BCCI tweeted.
Virat Kohli, India’s star batter, arrived in Punjab earlier on September 17 for the upcoming white-ball series against Australia. He recently roared back to form, ending his 1020-day century drought in India’s final T20I match before the Asia Cup 2022 against Afghanistan. In the tournament, he hit two fifties and scored his 71st international century.
Meanwhile, captain Rohit Sharma confirmed on September 18 that Kohli is being considered as the third opener and “will have to open in some of the games.”
“Rahul (Dravid) bhai and I have had a chat that we will have to make Virat open in some of the games because he is our third opener,” Rohit said during a media interaction in Mohali ahead of the T20I series against Australia that starts from Tuesday.
“In the last match we saw what he did (as opener) and we are obviously happy about that,” Rohit said recalling Kohli’s sparkling unbeaten 122 against Afghanistan.
