The Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise, Delhi Capitals (DC) is currently locking horns with Mumbai Indians (MI) and they are wearing a special light-colored jersey in the game. The jersey is in the lighter shade of blue which displays a rainbow in the torso region and it has been donned by the DC players to celebrate India’s diversity. The pattern of the torso can be seen in the collars as well.
It has to be noted that Delhi wore a similar jersey in the 13th edition of the IPL as well during the game against RCB and bagged a clinical win. The dark red color that Capitals have always sported on their shoulder is in contrast with their current jersey. It will be a thing to see how Delhi will be able to take up this game to maintain their top-two finish.
New 👕, but same old pre-match rituals 😉
Predict which DC XI will take to the field today 👇🏼#YehHaiNayiDilli #IPL2021 #MIvDC @jswsteel pic.twitter.com/knSFgzusze
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) October 2, 2021
It is known that RCB has always come up with different shades of jerseys for various causes. They don the light green jersey in order to send a message of protecting the environment. This time around, Virat Kohli led RCB was seen wearing a light blue jersey to stand in solidarity with COVID-19 frontline workers of India.
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Talking about RCB, they are standing at 3rd place in the points table and look quite clean to get the playoffs berth. On the other hand, Delhi would be eyeing to maintain the top two finish which will I’ve them two chances to reach the finals.
After the PBKS vs KKR match, Delhi has officially qualified for the playoffs and becomes the second team after CSK to make it to the playoffs of IPL 2021.
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After teh loss against KKR, DC skipper, Rishabh Pant said, “I think we were 10 runs short, not much. We knew that the wicket would slow down in the second innings. But the end of the day each and every team is trying to win the match and we just want to give our 100% on the given day. If it goes our way it’s fine, if it doesn’t we will learn from our mistakes and move on.”
