after the recent initiative of 'thank you sachin' campaign...the need of we hate [dash] was being felt very strongly...
so thank god (or BCCI?) they have changed the color...now we can say, very proudly, after every misadventure of team india or team 'indians'...
WE HATE the COLOR!!
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Worse, you’ve probably seen it. They seem to have found the one shade of blue that is repulsive, repugnant, vomit-inducing, etc etc etc. And then they’ve gone a step further and some retard decided the best color to compliment it is orange. Fluorescent frickin orange. And just to make sure they cover the small percentage of people who haven’t yet developed strong reactions to it, there’s this scribbled design of the tricolor that they’ve attempted to fuse in. Hideous. I can’t think of a better term to describe the outfit.
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Cricketnext.com says that they got deeper for New Zealand, but as I saw the news on TV, my mind couldn't help but rewind to the time nearly two decades ago when India were given (no choice then) uniforms based on the darker blue colour in their flag. I am speaking of the World Cup 1991-92 Down Under.
At that time, I felt they looked like a smarter version of sarkari uniforms, predominantly of Indian Railways. We know how that WC went.
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Team India's new jersey was unveiled amid much fanfare in Mumbai today. To be very honest, I don't like it at all. Whoever designed and approved of jersey is an idiot. The sky blue colour Team India jersey is nothing short of a national symbol. Opting for a darker variant of blue suggests that the board/ whoever approved of this ugly shirt, doesn't care for the sentiments of over a billion supporters of the Men in Blue.
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So early in the morning I find out that Team India has changed its uniform colors.
I checked out the "collection" and.. well.. umm
All I'll say is, when the showpiece of the 2008-2009 Spring/Winter collection (aka MSD) can look bad (*shudder*) in it.. then you do know what this means right?
HORRIBLE!
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Powder Blue defines Team India, BCCI!
CHANGE THE DAMN OUTFIT. NOW!
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Is nothing sacred?
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Honestly, I disliked the powder blue. But this is crap as well. Why is it so hard to just have navy blue? Or some interesting design based on the tricolor?
I loved the powder blue!
And now what a crap color, with all those ghastly lines/stripes/whatever on top. And don't we all know it IS a "SAHARA" team.. do the uniforms have to scream it so loudly?
I just hope no one was actually paid for doing this.
Samir,
The only time they wore the navy blue was the World Cup in 1992 ( and the Rothmans Cup in NZ). And that outfit was pretty crap as well :)
Cheers,
Monstrosity. Light blue is the Indian team colour in other sports as well. Why change it?
Who decides the design?
RGB,
The man in beige?
Cheers :),
Leela,
Dont bet on it :)
Cheers,
What is this "thank you Sachin" campaign?
I did read about Yuvi and the "plan to tackle Mendis" that came from Sirji ("what an idea Sirji!"), but is everyone saying "Thank You" to Sachin?
I think the best thing we can hope for now is that the uniforms would be scrapped after the NZ tour.. Hope better sense prevails and they do that!!
I think the best was the uniform with which India won the Benson and Hedges cup in 1985. We havent won a multi-country tournament in ODI's since.
BTW< what did we wear for the T20 WC?
thanks for the mention...homer...
but i must say i have been misquted...
i said it in reference to superstition that change in color will bring misfortune to the team india...not commenting on color... :)
This reminds me of the 1992 world cup outfit. That was even darker that this one.
I liked the Indian outfit in the South African tour (ODI tri-series featuring Zimbabwe and SA in 1996) and the Cartlon and United series costume of 1999-00.
Naresh,
I guess so :)
Cheers,
Preeti,
Given that it was the BCCI that approved of this monstrosity, odds of them going back to the original colors are dim..
Cheers,
Raj,
same colors as the old ODI uniforms.
Cheers,
SP,
same difference .. why change something that works for something that is untried?
Cheers,
12th man,
The 99-00 uniforms had floral patterns on them ( although they did stick to the powder blue)..
Cheers,
the '99 world cup unis were pretty good..
Pontings,
They were.. And they were powder bluw :)
Cheers,
i prefer this one to the previous one,it would have been even better if it had a smaller "SAHARA"logo
V,
they have an orange patch right above the bum.. Whoever designs stuff like this???
Thanks for your comments and welcome to the blog :)
Cheers,
The Beige Brigade would proudly welcome Shashank "Redemption" Manohar to its ranks. He looks like a man with wonderful taste in clothing.
lol Beige Brigade :)..
Thanks for your comments and welcome to the blog..
Cheers,
are these damn jerseys available online for sale in the US?
Pontings,
not sure if they have been mass produced yet.. And hoping it stays that way :)
Cheers,
Homer they look like slumlord millionaires.
lol SB :)
lol SB :)
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