After donning the retro kit for the limited-overs leg of the Australia tour, the Indian team is ready to wear the new jersey for the purest format of the game. Team India will don this new jersey in the highly-anticipated four-match Border Gavaskar Trophy scheduled to commence on December 17 with a day-night Test in Adelaide.

The game of cricket was halted for a good period of 6-7 months because of which it was a financial crisis for most of the cricketing boards and therefore, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has allowed the teams to wear jerseys with giant highlighted sponsor logos. This will allow them to generate more revenue from sponsorship.

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In the new Test kit of the Indian cricket team, the central sponsor’s logo is placed at the middle of the shirt and is more visible. In the past, the central sponsor’s logo was found on the top right side of the jersey. Educational firm BYJU’s is India’s principal sponsor, while MPL had recently replaced Nike as the kit designers

The Indian players were seen wearing the new cricket jersey during a three-day tour game between India A and Australia A from December 6 to December 8 in Drummoyne Oval, Sydney. The game ended in a draw after the visitors witnessed a collapse in their batting line-up in the second innings. Indian skipper Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and elected to bat first. The skipper led from the front as he collected 117 runs and was aptly supported by Cheteshwar Pujara who added 54 runs to the scoreboard.

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As a result, India A decided to declare the first innings at 247/9 at the end of Day 1.  On the second day, Umesh Yadav led the Indian bowling attack to put the hosts in some trouble. Cameron Green scored a stunning century to take Australia A to a comprehensive total of 286/8 before the sunset. The hosts finally decided to declare their first innings after taking a 59-run lead.