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Congress opposes Team India's Saffron Jersey

A controversy broke out on Wednesday as Congress and Samajwadi Party objected to Team India donning an orange jersey in their World Cup encounter against England on June 30. India will be wearing a different coloured jersey for the match as hosts England also have a blue jersey, and ICC rules require visiting teams to wear a different coloured jersey in case of a clash during televised tournaments.

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Both the Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP) seem to object that the BCCI chose orange over other colours. The ruling BJP has a saffron flag. “Modi wants to paint the country saffron,” SP leader Abu Azmi was quoted as saying by television channels.

The International Committee of Cricket clarified that the colour options were given to BCCI by them and the Indian board selected the combination that they felt was best for them. ” The whole idea is to be different as England also wears a same shade of blue as India. The design is taken from India’s old T20 jersey which had orange in it,” ICC said in a statement on Wednesday.

The jersey is expected to be predominantly orange yet. The BCCI is yet to unveil it. The concept of multiple jerseys has been inspired from club football in which players choose their colour on a home and away basis.

This won’t be the first instance at ICC World Cup 2019 where a team has to donne a different jersey. South Africa wore a yellow jersey during their game against Bangladesh.

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India are currently placed third on the points table, having won four of their 5 games. The Virat Kohli-led side will take on West Indies next on June 27, 2019. India will then face England on June 30 at Edgbaston.
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If they think it represents what their country is then they should wear it. It shouldn't irk others and seems mostly Indian political bullcrap. Who cares what they wear I just want them to be beaten by us.
 
yeah.....why dont you build temples for them there....or let them protest against eating beef

besides its slave labour....have you ever been to the middle east and see the condition of those south asian workers?

Just youtube the video on how they treat ......muslims from poorer countries...LOL ...you can forget about how they treat other religions....

refugees in the US .....and those crossing from mexico are treated FAAAAAr better.

I have read about the tactics that muslims employ in western nations they go as economic refugees....

Every major troubled area in the world .....has somehow muslims in the center of it :p

* north africa
* middle east
* china
* central asia
*iran , turkey
*russia
* India
*pakistan
*bangladesh
*sri lanka
*South east asia
* Europe
*australia

I think the very few places are free from hypocrisy
Wow you're such an obvious global expert on this topic. How did we ever get by without you?
 
What is sad.....is that something absolutely useless such as a jersey color is somehow construed as OUT to get muslims.....and a thread is created....

that is the level of insecurity......that prevails amongst these people.

Im sure god can take care of himself and his children....
 
if these idiots can wear safroni chaadi why complain about safroni t shirt!
 
@jamahir RSS even wants to introduce Hindutva in cricket.
Virat Kohli is a pucca Hinduwadi.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-46134834


After few years maybe they will ban Muslims from joining the team. It is like US national team competing in KKK uniform.

We will not get Muslim Legends like Azharuddin.

No doubt it is gonna happen in all fields not just cricket.

what are crores of hindu sanghis doing in the gulf? muslims feed them
Because they make money out of these Countries so they will never speak about it.
 
Team India should just go green with stars & moon in the dress,
In fact they should ask Pakistan cricket team to lend their clothes and use the same...

That would be secular enough for these parties...

Btw, 2024 elections are far away, not sure why Cong & SP have already started their campaign......for BJP :)
 

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