T20 World Cup: India billion cheers jersey- Virat Kohli & Co will don a new jersey for the upcoming T20 World Cup slated to begin from October 17. India’s new jersey is a combination of both the retro blue one infused with India’s billion fans. KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah were featured in the jersey launch.
The jersey features a distinct blue colour with orange stripes on the two sides and echoes of the billion fans creating a beautiful pattern on the jersey.
BCCI in association with its official jersey sponsor MPL Sports launched the new jersey on its platform on October 13. Virat Kohli & Co will begin their campaign against Pakistan on October 24.
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The patterns on the jersey are inspired by the billion cheers of the fans.
Presenting the Billion Cheers Jersey!
The patterns on the jersey are inspired by the billion cheers of the fans.
Get ready to #ShowYourGame @mpl_sport.
Buy your jersey now on https://t.co/u3GYA2wIg1#MPLSports #BillionCheersJersey pic.twitter.com/XWbZhgjBd2
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 13, 2021
T20 World Cup: BCCI reveals Virat Kohli & Co’s World Cup jersey inspired by a billion fans – Check video
The moment we’ve all been waiting for!
Join us for the big reveal on 13th October only on @mpl_sport. 🇮🇳
Are you excited? 🥳 pic.twitter.com/j4jqXHvnQU
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 8, 2021
T20 World Cup: BCCI reveals Virat Kohli & Co’s World Cup jersey inspired by a billion fans – Check video
“The moment we’ve all been waiting for! Join us for the big reveal on 13th October only on @mpl_sport. Are you excited?,” the BCCI tweeted on Friday.
T20 World Cup: Virat Kohli & Co to get new jersey for WC – While Team India switched from sky blue to navy blue colours during the Australia series, Virat Kohli & Co are likely to get a design tweak keeping the similar colours. The navy blue jersey is similar to India’s World Cup jersey of 1992.
T20 World Cup: BCCI reveals Virat Kohli & Co’s World Cup jersey inspired by a billion fans – Check video
The change in colour was supposed to be for just the Australia series but BCCI decided to continue with the same during the England and Sri Lanka series.
India T20 World Cup fixtures:
Warm-up schedule:
Oct 18: IND vs ENG (7:30 pm)
Oct 20: IND vs AUS (3.30 pm)
Match | Date | Time | Venue |
IND vs PAK | Oct-24 | 7:30 PM IST | Dubai |
IND vs NZ | Oct-31 | 7:30 PM IST | Dubai |
IND vs AFG | Nov-03 | 7:30 PM IST | Abu Dhabi |
India vs B1 | Nov-05 | 7:30 PM IST | Dubai |
India vs A2 | Nov-08 | 7:30 PM IST | Dubai |
Semifinal 1 | Nov-10 | 7:30 PM IST | Abu Dhabi |
Semifinal 2 | Nov-10 | 7:30 PM IST | Dubai |
Final | Nov-14 | 7:30 PM IST | Dubai |
India World Cup squad: Virat Kohli (Capt), Rohit Sharma (vc), KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Rahul Chahar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohd Shami. Standby players: Shreyas Iyer, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar.
T20 World Cup: BCCI reveals Virat Kohli & Co’s World Cup jersey inspired by a billion fans – Check video