The Indian cricket team is all set to sport a new look, as the new jersey was unveiled on Wednesday (February 18), on the eve of Team India's departure to New Zealand. This is the team's second jersey in past two years.
In a press conference hosted by veteran commentator Harsha Bhogle, the jersey was unveiled by skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni along with Zaheer Khan, Dinesh Karthik, Pragyan Ohja, Rohit Sharma and Yuvraj Singh. The Indian team's new jersey sports a different blue along with shades of the tri-colour along with it. Dhoni's men will now be sporting these new jerseys on all their tours henceforth.
The kit was made public at a press conference, attended by some team members -- then Captain Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Dinesh Karthik, Zaheer Khan, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and S Sreesanth -- and senior officials of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The colours of the graphics on the new jersey take inspiration from the Indian flag and represent speed and motion.
In a press conference hosted by veteran commentator Harsha Bhogle, the jersey was unveiled by skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni along with Zaheer Khan, Dinesh Karthik, Pragyan Ohja, Rohit Sharma and Yuvraj Singh. The Indian team's new jersey sports a different blue along with shades of the tri-colour along with it.
Dhoni described the forthcoming tour of New Zealand as a tough assignment but said whether at home or away, international cricket was always a difficult proposition. "It's better to start as underdogs (in a series). It's going to be tough, but international cricket is tough whether at home or away. We have heard how beautiful it (New Zealand) is. We would enjoy the tour and hopefully would come back with a couple of trophies. We don't bother whether we are playing Sri Lanka or any other country", he said.
he Indian team leave for New Zealand this week and the tour will be an important step forward in their journey for the number one spot in the ICC rankings. Over two T20 games, five one-dayers and three Test matches, Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men will be tested to the fullest.It is no surprise that the back-slapping and the smiles are in evidence these days in the Indian team. Indian win much more than they lose and the man who leads this bunch and the men who select it are pretty pleased.India had a miserable tour of New Zealand last time when they lost the Test and one-day series; so revenge is on their mind."I hope the wickets are better this time but we are well prepared whatever comes our way.
We have enough time to assess what kind of conditions we will go through and the way the team is playing, I don't think there will be any issues in New Zealand," said Yuvraj Singh.New Zealand won't be pushovers although the team is short on superstars and they have sent out a strong warning to India with recent performances in Australia. Two young teams will come face to face and India's key men are pretty sure that they can combat any challenge."The whole world knows what kind of a team we have and we have the ability to beat any side, any where. Hopefully, if we stick to our game plan we will be able to beat New Zealand in New Zealand," stated Harbhajan Singh.
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