World Cup 2019: Kohli unveils India's 'away' kit for England match

India skipper Virat Kohli gave a thumbs up for the new orange-and-dar-blue away kit for his side's match against England in the 2019 World Cup.

Published : Jun 29, 2019 16:55 IST

Virat Kohli unveils Team India's away kit ahead of the team's match against England.
Virat Kohli unveils Team India's away kit ahead of the team's match against England.
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Virat Kohli unveils Team India's away kit ahead of the team's match against England.

Captain Virat Kohli is impressed with newly designed orange dominated away jersey of the Indian team but maintained that blue will always remain its colour.

The Indian team needed to have a second choice jersey for the World Cup as per ICC’s home and away rule and the navy-blue-orange jersey was officially unveiled by the India captain prior to its match against England here on Sunday.

READ | India to sport orange jersey against England at Edgbaston

“For one game, it’s fine. I don’t think permanently we’d be heading in that direction because blue has always been our colour, very proud to wear that. For a change and looking at the occasion, it’s a very smart kit,” Kohli told reporters on Saturday.

There had been some debate with regards to choice of orange as a dominating colour as a section of political class accused the Central government of trying to “saffronise” sport.

However, for the record, the Indian women’s football team in a recent AFC Cup tournament sported full orange kit.

Kohli, however, loved the designed and gave it an eight out of 10.

“The fit is great, it’s a nice change,” he said.

“I quite like it, I think it’s right up there. For me it would be eight. Honestly, I’m not saying it for the sake of it. I really like it. The contrast is very nice,” Kohli said, after being asked to rate the jersey on a scale of one to 10.

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