{"id":185352,"date":"2023-10-09T04:27:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T04:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansapidnews.com\/?p=185352"},"modified":"2023-10-09T04:27:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T04:27:17","slug":"will-india-wear-orange-in-pakistan-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansapidnews.com\/sport\/will-india-wear-orange-in-pakistan-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Will India Wear Orange In Pakistan Game?"},"content":{"rendered":"
After a successful start to their ICC World Cup 2023 campaign with a six wicket victory over Australia in Chennai on Sunday, October 8, 2023, Team India will next face Afghanistan and Pakistan in the round robin stage of the tournament.<\/p>\n
Leading up to Saturday’s India-Pakistan game in Ahmedabad, there was speculation that India would don orange instead of their traditional blue.<\/p>\n
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In the 2019 World Cup in England, India sported an alternate kit, The cricketers were also seen in orange training jerseys before their World Cup 2023 opener against Australia in Chennai.<\/p>\n
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has extinguished the speculation ahead of the India-Pakistan clash in Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n
BCCI Treasurer Ashish Shelar confirmed on Sunday that India will not be wearing an alternate match kit during their game against Pakistan on October 14, 2023.<\/p>\n
‘We unequivocally refute the media reports suggesting that Team India will be donning an alternative match kit against Pakistan,’ Shelar, who is also a senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader in Mumbai, said.<\/p>\n
‘These reports lack any basis and are merely a product of someone’s imagination. The Men in Blue will proudly wear India’s traditional blue colours at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.’<\/p>\n