After a long wait, BCCI finally unveiled the new Team India kit with 2011 World Cup winning captain MS Dhoni and current vice-captain in limited overs Rohit Sharma presenting the new jersey designed by official kit makers Nike.

The Indian team will wear the new kits in the ODI series against Australia commencing from March 2, 2019, and there are many interesting facts about the new kit. The jersey features facts about the Indian team including the dates of both the 50-over World Cup triumphs and India’s maiden T20 World Cup win in its inaugural edition.

“This is out new jersey which we will be sporting during the ODI series. It helps to be agile on the field. One interesting fact that the jersey also has is, along with all the colors, the dates when we won the first World Cup, the T20 World Cup, and our second 50-over format World Cup winning date in Mumbai. All these facts are rare and it is pretty nice and good looking,” Sharma told BCCI.TV.

MS Dhoni was quoted by PTI as saying, “It always reminds me of the great legacy that we have got. It’s not only that. Playing each and every bilateral series, reaching No 1 across formats, all these are motivational stuff.”

MS Dhoni credited the 1983 World Cup winning side under the captaincy of great Kapil Dev for sowing the seeds of the present.

“It feels good to always get into past a bit. During the first World Cup in 1983, we were very young. Later, saw videos of how everyone celebrated. In 2007, we won World T20. So we are good at it (World titles). It’s good that we carried that legacy forward and hand it over to the future generations,” he said.

He further added, “Hopefully, the (new) jersey becomes a part of lot of World Cups but it is the consistency that we are really proud of.”

(BCCI.tv Inputs)