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India Cricket team represents India. Its goverened by the board of control for cricket for India.
The indian cricket team is currently the highest paid sports team in the world. (in terms of sponsorship)
History
The British brought cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first cricket match being played in 1721. In 1848, the Parsi community in Mumbai formed the Oriental Cricket Club, the first cricket club to be established by Indians. After slow beginnings, the Parsis were eventually invited by the Europeans to play a match in 1877.
By 1912, the Parsis, Hindus, and Muslims of Bombay played a quadrangular tournament with the Europeans every year.[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_cricket_team#_note-Cricket_and_Politics_in_Colonial_India) In the early 1900s, some Indians went on to play for the english cricket team.
When playing one-day cricket (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-day_cricket), the Indian cricket team has in recent years worn a sky blue shirt and pants.
At present, the shirt also contains a diagonal tricolour (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricolour) design which reflects the Flag of India (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_India) and the name of their main sponsor, Sahara (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Sahara).
The one-day cap is also sky blue with the BCCI (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Control_for_Cricket_in_India) logo on the front, with a similar tricolour design on the brim of the cap.
With the advent of the World Series Cup (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Series_Cup) in the 1970s, each team was to don a primary and secondary colour on their uniforms.
The Indian team elected to wear light-blue as their primary colour and yellow as their secondary colour. Even during the 1999 Cricket World Cup (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Cricket_World_Cup) the secondary colour on the Indian cricket team's clothing has been yellow. However this has since been removed and replaced with the tricolour. However, in the past the Indian ODI outfits were changed to different shades of blue, mostly darker than the current, and the team donned dark blue during 1992 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992), the current sky blue colour is more similar to that worn in the World Series Cup.
When playing first-class cricket (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-class_cricket), in addition to their cricket whites, Indian fielders sometimes wear a sunhat, which is dark blue and has a wide brim, with the BCCI logo in the middle of the front of the hat. Helmets are coloured similarly. Some players sport the Indian flag on their helmet. The current kit sponsor for the Indian team is Nike, Inc. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike%2C_Inc.).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6f/Indian_cricket_team_shirt.jpg/180px-Indian_cricket_team_shirt.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Indian_cricket_team_shirt.jpg)
The indian cricket team is currently the highest paid sports team in the world. (in terms of sponsorship)
History
The British brought cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first cricket match being played in 1721. In 1848, the Parsi community in Mumbai formed the Oriental Cricket Club, the first cricket club to be established by Indians. After slow beginnings, the Parsis were eventually invited by the Europeans to play a match in 1877.
By 1912, the Parsis, Hindus, and Muslims of Bombay played a quadrangular tournament with the Europeans every year.[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_cricket_team#_note-Cricket_and_Politics_in_Colonial_India) In the early 1900s, some Indians went on to play for the english cricket team.
When playing one-day cricket (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-day_cricket), the Indian cricket team has in recent years worn a sky blue shirt and pants.
At present, the shirt also contains a diagonal tricolour (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricolour) design which reflects the Flag of India (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_India) and the name of their main sponsor, Sahara (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Sahara).
The one-day cap is also sky blue with the BCCI (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Control_for_Cricket_in_India) logo on the front, with a similar tricolour design on the brim of the cap.
With the advent of the World Series Cup (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Series_Cup) in the 1970s, each team was to don a primary and secondary colour on their uniforms.
The Indian team elected to wear light-blue as their primary colour and yellow as their secondary colour. Even during the 1999 Cricket World Cup (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Cricket_World_Cup) the secondary colour on the Indian cricket team's clothing has been yellow. However this has since been removed and replaced with the tricolour. However, in the past the Indian ODI outfits were changed to different shades of blue, mostly darker than the current, and the team donned dark blue during 1992 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992), the current sky blue colour is more similar to that worn in the World Series Cup.
When playing first-class cricket (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-class_cricket), in addition to their cricket whites, Indian fielders sometimes wear a sunhat, which is dark blue and has a wide brim, with the BCCI logo in the middle of the front of the hat. Helmets are coloured similarly. Some players sport the Indian flag on their helmet. The current kit sponsor for the Indian team is Nike, Inc. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike%2C_Inc.).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6f/Indian_cricket_team_shirt.jpg/180px-Indian_cricket_team_shirt.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Indian_cricket_team_shirt.jpg)