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 Ahead of India’s fixture against England, the color of  Indian team’s jersey underwent a ‘colorful’ transformation. The Men in Blue added a splash of orange to their jersey to avert the clash in the color of the jerseys with England. After India’s ‘away kit’ was unveiled, several cricketers took to their social media accounts donning the new jersey. The official handle of Indian cricket team took to social media to share the pictures of Rohit Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal, KL Rahul and Mohammed Shami in their new kits.Earlier, BCCI shared India’s new jersey on Twitter and wrote, “Presenting #TeamIndia’s Away Jersey  What do you make of this oneguys? #TeamIndia #CWC19 The jersey is blue and orange in colour but orange dominates the major part of it.
As per the ICC guidelines, if two teams have the same colour jerseys, either of them will have to wear alternate colours. Four countries India, Afganistan, Sri Lanka and England had blue colored jerseys, therefore, they were asked to mark a distinction. During the Afghanistan vs India clash too, the Afghans had worn their red and blue jersey.India will don their new jersey against England on June 30 at Edgbaston while the hosts will be seen in traditional light blue colors.