India skipper Virat Kohli on Saturday unveiled the orange-and-dark-blue jersey that the team will wear in their World Cup match against England in Birmingham on Sunday. Blue has been Indian cricket’s dominant colour since the advent of coloured clothing but Kohli, known for his fashion sense, was impressed by the new kit for Sunday’s match at Edgbaston. Honestly, I am not saying that for the sake of it,” Kohli said at his pre-match press conference. But the colour of the kit has stirred controversy in India. Members of the opposition accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s right-wing Hindu nationalist party of pushing its trademark saffron colour on the team.

Source: Sunday Observer June 29, 2019 18:56 UTC