1.
Team colours[edit]
Sponsorship for ICC tournaments
Kit
Tournament Sleeve sponsor
manufacturer
1975 Prudential Cup
1979 Prudential Cup None
1983 Prudential Cup None
1987 Reliance Cup Power
1992 B&H World Cup ISC
1996 Wills World Cup
None
1998 Wills International Cup
Wills
1999 ICC Cricket World Cup ASICS
2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy
2002 ICC Champions Trophy None
None
2003 ICC Cricket World Cup Aamby Valley
2004 ICC Champions Trophy
2006 ICC Champions Trophy Nike
2007 ICC Cricket World Cup
2007 ICC World T20
2009 ICC World T20
Sahara
2009 ICC Champions Trophy
2010 ICC World T20
2011 ICC Cricket World Cup
2012 ICC World T20
2013 ICC Champions Trophy
2014 ICC World T20 Star India
2015 ICC Cricket World Cup
2016 ICC World T20
2017 ICC Champions Trophy
Oppo
2019 ICC Cricket World Cup
2021 ICC T20 World Cup
2022 ICC T20 World Cup MPL Sports BYJU'S
2023 ICC Cricket World Cup
Kit sponsorship history
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1993–
1996
Wills
1999–
2001
2001–
None ITC Hotels
2002
2002–
2003
2003–
Sahara
2005
2005–
2013
2014–
Star India
2017
Nike
2017–
Oppo
2019
2019–
2020
BYJU'S
2020–
MPL Sports
2023
First-class[edit]
Cricket whites have been traditionally used by the team when playing first-class cricket. In addition
to their whites, Indian fielders wear a dark blue cap or a white wide-brimmed sun hat, with the BCCI
logo in the center. Helmets are also dark blue. Some players sport the Indian flag on their helmet.
The branding is minimal for whites; the BCCI logo is placed on the left chest while the team sponsor's
logo is present on the middle/center chest. The kit manufacturer's logo is printed on the right chest
of the players, with players names printed occasionally on the players back.
Limited overs[edit]
Since colours have made their way into international cricket, the Indian cricket team has chosen blue
as their primary colour. The blue colour of the uniform has earned them the nickname of 'Men in
Blue' for the Indian cricket team. The secondary colour has changed over the years while yellow and
orange have been dominant. With the inception of the World Series Cup in 1979, each team had to
don a primary and secondary colour on their uniforms and the Indian team elected to wear light blue
as their primary colour and yellow as their secondary colour. The team has worn different shades of
blue since then. For the 1992 World Cup (Benson & Hedges World Cup), the team's colours were
changed to navy-blue by ISC, the common kit manufacturer for the tournament. A light shade of
blue with yellow as secondary colour and a strip with 10 different colours (representing different
nations) was adapted on the uniform for the 1996 World Cup (Wills World Cup) while an even lighter
shade of blue and a dominant yellow was used by ASICS, the common kit manufacturer for the 1999
World Cup. The ICC no longer appoints a common kit manufacturer for its tournaments.
Different designs were adopted on the playing jerseys over the years and the most predominant one
has been 'India' text written in yellow over a diagonal splash of the tricolour. Nike acquired the kit
manufacturing rights for the team in 2005 and designed new jerseys for the 2007 World Cup with
the lightest shade of blue used by the team till date and golden yellow as the secondary colour. A
new tricolour accent was implemented on the right side of the jersey. The colour was changed to a
darker feroza blue in 2009 with orange replacing yellow as the secondary colour. [45]
A new jersey was unveiled by Nike with a bolder ultramarine blue shade [46] and a new tricolour
accent placed on both sides of the jersey in 2010. [47] A reddish-orange shade was used as the
secondary colour on this uniform. In 2014, new kits were released with a slightly darker shade of
blue and a minimal accent design over the shoulders. [48] Nike released new kits once again in 2015
with a similar shade of blue and no accents. [49] In March 2019[50] before the World Cup, a new design
was unveiled by Nike with a prominent two-tone blue colour. [51] The front of the jersey sported a
similar shade of blue as with the previous versions while the sides, arms and back were given a
lighter shade of blue. A minimal orange accent was also incorporated on the sides. During the ICC
World Cup 2019, for a match against England, as mandated by the ICC, an alternate jersey with
orange acquiring the back and shoulders and navy blue at the front was introduced. [52] This was the
first time a different colour and not blue had become a dominant colour on the India jersey. [53] The
match against England was also a special match, called #OneDay4Children, organised by the ICC
between the top 2 ranked ODI teams in 2019. [54] Also, this happens to be the only occasion where
the alternate jersey was used by India till date.
Since international teams started using different kits for T20s and ODIs, Nike released the first T20
kit for the team in 2016[55] with a similar shade and a contemporary design. Multiple thin strips of
orange and green were included on upper right and lower left sides of the jersey respectively. A new
ODI jersey was unveiled by Nike in 2017 [56] with a similar shade of blue for the body and a darker
shade of blue for the sleeves. The tricolour accent made a return to the uniform as a single thin strip
on either sides of upper chest. During the recent series against Australia and England, India wore the
1992 version of their jersey with the new kit sponsors.
In addition to the blue uniforms, the caps worn by the players are similar to the design of uniforms.
The wide-brimmed sun hats are usually white while the helmets used by the players are of darker
blue.
Similar to the first-class kits, BCCI logo is placed on the left chest while the logo of the kit
manufacturer sits on the right chest. The official team sponsor's logo is present on the central part of
the jersey usually above "INDIA" text as well as the sleeve of the players' leading arms. For T20 kits,
in addition to these, the sponsor's logo is also present on the back, below the players' numbers.
However, for ICC tournaments, the tournament logo is placed on the right chest and the sponsor's
logo is allowed only on the sleeve of the players' leading arms. The kit manufacturer's logo in such
cases will be printed on the sleeve of the players' non-leading arms. The name and jersey number of
the players are printed on the back. As per the agreement with ICC until July 2021, the sponsor logos
will be enlarged and more prominent so as to help recoup the losses boards and sponsors had due
to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. Sponsorship[edit]
Current Sponsors & Partners
Team Sponsor BYJU'S
Title Sponsor Paytm
Kit Sponsor MPL Sports
Dream11
LafargeHolcim
Official Partners
(Ambuja Cements and ACC)
Hyundai Motor India Limited
Official Broadcaster Star Sports
The current sponsor of the team is BYJU's.[57] OPPO's sponsorship was to run from 2017 until 2022,
but was handed over to BYJU's on 5 September 2019. [58] Previously, the Indian team was sponsored
by Star India from 2014 to 2017,[59] Sahara India Pariwar from 2002 to 2013 and ITC
Limited (with Wills and ITC Hotels brands) from 1993 to 2002.
Nike had been a long time kit supplier to team India having acquired the contract in 2005, [60] with
two extensions for a period of five years each time; in 2011 [61] and 2016[62] respectively. Nike ended
its contract in September 2020[63] and MPL Sports Apparel & Accessories, a subsidiary of online
gaming platform Mobile Premier League replaced Nike as the kit manufacturer in October 2020. [64][65]
[66]
On 30 August 2019, following the conclusion of the Expression of Interest process for Official
Partners’ Rights, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that Sporta Technologies
Pvt. Ltd. (Dream11), LafargeHolcim (ACC Cement and Ambuja Cement) and Hyundai Motor India Ltd.
have acquired the Official Partners' Rights for the BCCI International and Domestic matches during
2019–2023.[67]
Paytm acquired the title sponsorship for all matches played by the team within India in 2015 [68] and
extended the same in 2019[69] until 2023. Star India and Airtel have been title sponsors previously.
Star Sports Network is the official broadcaster until 2023[70] for all matches the team plays in India.
3. International grounds[edit]
Main article: List of international cricket grounds in India
Wankhede
Brabourne
Roop
Eden Gardens
Kotla
Green Park
Rajiv Gandhi Int'l Stadium
Chinnaswamy
MAC
Mohali
Motera
Jaipur
Vidarbha
LBS
Nehru (Guwahati)
Nehru (Pune)
Barabati
Greenfield
Locations of all stadiums which is currently used by Indian National Team.
There are numerous world-renowned cricket stadiums located in India. Most grounds are under the
administration of various state cricket boards as opposed to being under the control of the BCCI. The
Bombay Gymkhana was the first ground in India to host a full-scale cricket match featuring an Indian
cricket team. This was between the Parsis and the Europeans in 1877. The first stadium to host a
Test match in India was also the Gymkhana Ground in Bombay in 1933, the only Test it ever hosted.
The second and third Tests in the 1933 series were hosted at Eden Gardens and Chepauk. The Feroz
Shah Kotla Ground in Delhi was the first stadium to host a Test match after independence, a draw
against the West Indies in 1948, the first of a 5-Test series. 21 stadiums in India have hosted at least
one official Test match. In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of world-class
cricket stadiums in India, with multiple Test venues
in Nagpur, Mohali, Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Indore, Rajkot, Ranchi, Pune, and Dharamshala.
India has now the world's largest cricket stadium. The Motera Stadium, is a cricket stadium in
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Eden Gardens in Kolkata has hosted the most Tests, and also has the
second-largest seating capacity of any cricket stadium in the world, being capable of holding more
than 1,10,000 spectators. Founded in 1864, it is one of the most historical stadiums in India, having
hosted numerous historical and controversial matches. [71] Other major stadiums in India include the
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, which was established in 1883 and hosted memorable matches including
Anil Kumble's ten wickets in an innings haul against Pakistan. For the last two years, the ground has
been undergoing renovation.[72]
The Bombay Gymkhana hosted the first Test match in India which is the only Test it has hosted to
date. Wankhede Stadium, established in 1974, has a capacity to hold 33,000 spectators and is
currently the most popular venue in the city. It has hosted 24 Test matches. It was the unofficial
successor of the Brabourne Stadium, which is also located in Mumbai. Mumbai is often considered
the cricketing capital of India because of its fans and the talent it produces (see Mumbai cricket
team) and thus the stadium regularly hosts major Test matches. [73] The M. A. Chidambaram
Stadium in Chepauk is also considered to be an important historical Indian cricket ground,
established in the early 1900s, and it was the site of India's first Test victory. [74]
