The buzz for the upcoming ICC World Cup 2019 scheduled to take place in England and Wales is increasing each passing day as the tournament is scheduled to commence in a week. However, Team India has been touted to be the hot favorites to lift the trophy along with the hosts, England. All the teams wear jerseys for the World Cup and Team India also had unveiled their jersey for the tournament, however, there’s an addition to it.
As per the ICC’s World Cup schedule, all the 10 participating teams will be playing home and away matches. The Men in Blue will not actually be completely Blue when they play those away games. The men in blue are expected to don orange themed kits for all the away matches in the tournament. Their first match is against South Africa on June 5 at the Rose Bowl in Southampton.
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Team India’s away games are against Afghanistan on June 22 at The Rose Bowl in Southampton and against hosts England on June 30 at the Edgbaston in Birmingham. As many as four teams- England, India, Sri Lanka, and Afghanistan- have blue as their preferred color. However, since England are the hosts, the other teams will have to change their colors when they lock horns with the Eoin Morgan-led team.
India’s jersey is yet to be released and will see the players wear a darker blue in the front, whereas orange will dominate the sleeves as well as the back. Interestingly, the concept has also applied by Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) led by Kohli himself. While donning overall red jersey, RCB players prefer green jersey while playing One-off game at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
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The tournament will be inaugurated with the match between the hosts England and South Africa at the Kennington Oval in London. Apart from India, England is also on the expected winner’s list for the 50-overs tournament as they are ICC’s number-one ranked ODI team at the moment.
ICC is yet to make any official announcement on the same.
