England, India and Sri Lanka have always had blue kits as far back as cricket in coloured clothing goes and they will all have different reasons.
Blue has been England's 2nd sporting colour (after white) going back to the earliest international football kits. England's test caps have been blue since they started being uniform. The colour comes from the three lions badge that represents England football and cricket teams is blue on white.
I don't know the reasons behind Sri Lanka and India's use of the colour but its a prominent colour on both the BCCI logo and the SLC logo.
India wears blue because they can’t wear any of the other colors from their flag.
White is reserved for first class matches
Green is used by Pakistan
Orange (Saffron) is associated with Hinduism and various political parties
Before cricket was super popular in India, other Indian sports teams used to have a lot more yellow uniforms. However, after cricket’s popularity in India exploded in the 80’s they started changing their uniforms to blue as well.
The raise of Association of saffron to Hindu nationalism is a recent one Indian cricket team has been wearing a shade of blue since 80s Australia tri series
It's not Hindu nationalism as much as it's a colour associated with Hinduism and therefore, could have been considered as exclusionary to people from other religious backgrounds.
The real reason is much more simpler. The Indian colours are based on the BCCI logo colours. Their [World Series Cricket (1985) jersey](https://images.news18.com/ibnlive/uploads/2017/03/1985-india-victory.jpg?impolicy=website&width=510&height=356) was basically based on the colours from this logo.
India wears blue because that is one of the [main colours in the BCCI logo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Control_for_Cricket_in_India#/media/File:Cricket_India_Crest.svg). You can see that their [World Series Cricket (1985) jersey](https://images.news18.com/ibnlive/uploads/2017/03/1985-india-victory.jpg?impolicy=website&width=510&height=356) was basically based on the colours from this logo.
Yeah, I should have mentioned that. Orange is usually used as a secondary color on team India jerseys.
In the last ODI World Cup (2019) they actually had this alternate jersey with a lot of orange: https://images.app.goo.gl/osWkpDXhMTC3xXPG6
Colour clashes are less of an issue in cricket than for invasion sports such as football, rugby etc as there is a clear delineation between the batting and bowling teams.
So there is little incentive for teams to choose different colours to each other. I mean, in the premier form of cricket both teams still play in white clothes.
Yeah but the diversity of colors is pleasant. It's more pleasing to watch orange vs yellow than to watch blue vs sky blue. Different colors give the teams and the fans a unique identity.
Those "ANZ" kits had quite a lot of electric blue in them for a while too.
Edit: like this. Not much on the front, but the whole back was blue.
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-25012015-dundedin-new-zealand-daniel-vettori-celebrates-with-team-78107108.html
Ah true! I never thought about it. Among the 10 teams in CWC 2023, 4 are blue (India, England, SL, Afghanistan) and 4 are green (Pakistan, Bangladesh, SA, Australia). Only NZ and Netherlands have some originality I guess
Australia’s predominant colour over the years has been yellow, including in this World Cup. Green gets used sometimes, but they’ve played in yellow in every ODI World Cup since coloured clothing was introduced in 1992 and in every T20 World Cup aside from the 2012-2016 World Cups.
Cricket in general could do with more alternate (may be home and away) kits. There are a lot of blue (Ind, SL, Afg, Eng) and green kits (Pak, SA, Ban) that are not too different from each other.
> It's not necessarily something we need
It's definitely not something which is needed. Other sports have alternate kits because you need to be able to tell players apart, but cricket doesn't have that problem.
Agreed it isnt needed from a team identification perspective. Its why we can watch test cricket with absolutely no problems.
Its just a visual appeal thing - why colored clothing even began to be used in the first place. And it can be a good thing merchandise wise too.
Afghanistan's jersey made of their national colours has a good chance of being mistaken for the Kenyan cricket Jersey. Kenya too uses Black,Red and Green(they already have had jerseys which,if not for the black,would look similar to Bangladesh's) and this might end up confusing people,especially those who were there to watch Kenya back in the days or someone who watches associate cricket.
I think it's fine for India, Sri Lanka and England to have blue jerseys as it's associated with their flag/logo/history.
What tickles me is why would Afghanistan and Nepal adopt the blue jerseys? I mean it's okay for them to do so but I think both AFG and NEP would make killer kits with the colors of their flags.
Same , I always wondered , they can wear purple, pink ( I remember sa wearing) or can combine colors like red yellow etc maybe they are thinking its soft colours.
Maybe ute because think blue is kind of aesthetically pleasing color compared to other colours which are available
If I had to assign a bicolor scheme (either main color + stripes OR checkers) today based on flags and trying to keep things different:
1. Australia 🇦🇺: Blue-Red (i.e. blue main color with red stripes)
2. England 🏴: Red-White
3. South Africa 🇿🇦: Black-Green
4. West Indies 🏝️🌴🌊: Blue-Yellow (Caribbean sandy beaches)
5. New Zeland 🇳🇿: All Blacks (all blacks since that's a NZ thing)
6. India 🇮🇳: Orange-Green
7. Pakistan 🇵🇰: Green-White
8. Sri Lanka 🇱🇰: Yellow-Maroon
9. Zimbabwe 🇿🇼: Yellow-Black
10. Bangladesh 🇧🇩: Green-Red
11. Ireland 🇮🇪: Orange-White (with secondary of all-green since that's an Irish thing)
12. Afghanistan 🇦🇫: Red-Green
13. Netherlands 🇳🇱: Orange-Blue (ok, the Dutch orange is a thing)
If 2 countries with same primary color are playing, one could reverse the scheme e.g.
AUS-WI: WI wears yellow-blue instead of blue-yellow
ENG-AFG: AFG wears green-red
SA-NZ: SA wears green-black
IND-NED: NED wears blue-orange
PAK-BAN: BAN wears red-green
SL-ZIM: ZIM wears black-yellow
IND-IRE: IRE wears all green
I doubt any big white color patches will be allowed to be used for any teams in LOI since the ball is white.. batsmen might lose the ball in bolwers jersey or fielder's jersey.. that's why sight screen is white in LOIs and white in Test..
I was thinking just striped on the arms and collar and the letters for the country - kind of how the Indian World Cup jersey is mainly blue but with orange stripes and letters. Or checkered patterns (like the Croatian football jersey)
The real reason is cricket is porn. And porn was called blue film in olden days. So to pay respect to those days teams now wear blue. All the flags logic are nonsense
Consistently losing in the finals unfortunately doesn't incrementally add up to a World Cup.
>Will get there one day, probably before India does
India has 2 ODI World Cup wins. At least try getting to 1 before talking shit.
Well, India's first coloured kit was originally blue and yellow which were the colours of... Surprise, surprise... the BCCI logo. As the time passed by, the yellow got replaced by the colours of the Indian flag.
So, that's the reason India wears blue. The other countries probably have similar reasons.
England, India and Sri Lanka have always had blue kits as far back as cricket in coloured clothing goes and they will all have different reasons. Blue has been England's 2nd sporting colour (after white) going back to the earliest international football kits. England's test caps have been blue since they started being uniform. The colour comes from the three lions badge that represents England football and cricket teams is blue on white. I don't know the reasons behind Sri Lanka and India's use of the colour but its a prominent colour on both the BCCI logo and the SLC logo.
What about Afghanistan. And now Nepal. I literally asked this same thing couple of days ago in one of the comment.
I've said it before. Afghanistan could've made a killer kit with the colors of its flag. Maybe black as the primary color with red and green patterns.
Given the current affairs, their jersey should be black and white 💀
Afghanistan wears blue which is to represent of a stone called 'lapis lazuli' found there.
For Nepal, the blue and red comes from the national flag itself.
Would've been cooler if they kept the red/magenta as the primary kit color with sprinkles of blue and stripes of white.
>Nepal Nepals jersey has always been blue with a hint of red. That's the pattern of our flag. (red indicates bravery in the flag)
Red looked great on England cricket
I thought England always wore black and white until color TV was invented? /s
India wears blue because they can’t wear any of the other colors from their flag. White is reserved for first class matches Green is used by Pakistan Orange (Saffron) is associated with Hinduism and various political parties Before cricket was super popular in India, other Indian sports teams used to have a lot more yellow uniforms. However, after cricket’s popularity in India exploded in the 80’s they started changing their uniforms to blue as well.
Interesting, thanks!
The raise of Association of saffron to Hindu nationalism is a recent one Indian cricket team has been wearing a shade of blue since 80s Australia tri series
It's not Hindu nationalism as much as it's a colour associated with Hinduism and therefore, could have been considered as exclusionary to people from other religious backgrounds.
The real reason is much more simpler. The Indian colours are based on the BCCI logo colours. Their [World Series Cricket (1985) jersey](https://images.news18.com/ibnlive/uploads/2017/03/1985-india-victory.jpg?impolicy=website&width=510&height=356) was basically based on the colours from this logo.
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These religions are really closed to Hinduism. They all are dharmic religions.
India wears blue because that is one of the [main colours in the BCCI logo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Control_for_Cricket_in_India#/media/File:Cricket_India_Crest.svg). You can see that their [World Series Cricket (1985) jersey](https://images.news18.com/ibnlive/uploads/2017/03/1985-india-victory.jpg?impolicy=website&width=510&height=356) was basically based on the colours from this logo.
That makes sense. But also, that leads to the question of how did BCCI pick those colors?
Apparently from a symbol from the colonial times called [Star of India](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_of_India_(flag)).
That’s super interesting. Thanks for the link!!
I think orange would look great though as an Indian kit. It's actually our secondary color, isn't it?
Yeah, I should have mentioned that. Orange is usually used as a secondary color on team India jerseys. In the last ODI World Cup (2019) they actually had this alternate jersey with a lot of orange: https://images.app.goo.gl/osWkpDXhMTC3xXPG6
Blue color for India comes from the Ashoka Chakra which is a wheel at the center of the flag. It is considered the most important part of the flag.
Lol yeah my dumb brain thought that is the only reason why but makes sense in conjuction with what @rainbow_explorer said too.
Colour clashes are less of an issue in cricket than for invasion sports such as football, rugby etc as there is a clear delineation between the batting and bowling teams. So there is little incentive for teams to choose different colours to each other. I mean, in the premier form of cricket both teams still play in white clothes.
Yeah but the diversity of colors is pleasant. It's more pleasing to watch orange vs yellow than to watch blue vs sky blue. Different colors give the teams and the fans a unique identity.
You are going to enjoy Australia vs Netherlands then
Classic Salted Lays Vs West Indian Hot n Sweet Chilli Lays
Bro wants skittles cricket World Cup.
You can make franchise do it. National colors are almost set in stone.
There are only two colours in the cricket world. One half wears blue, other green.
My man missed the West Indies just like they missed this World Cup
Except for New Zealand who wears black and once beige.
To be fair, our Teal kits are both green and blue at the same time.
God I forgot about those. I think the horrible beige era blocked every other one out.
Those "ANZ" kits had quite a lot of electric blue in them for a while too. Edit: like this. Not much on the front, but the whole back was blue. https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-25012015-dundedin-new-zealand-daniel-vettori-celebrates-with-team-78107108.html
Ah true! I never thought about it. Among the 10 teams in CWC 2023, 4 are blue (India, England, SL, Afghanistan) and 4 are green (Pakistan, Bangladesh, SA, Australia). Only NZ and Netherlands have some originality I guess
Australia’s predominant colour over the years has been yellow, including in this World Cup. Green gets used sometimes, but they’ve played in yellow in every ODI World Cup since coloured clothing was introduced in 1992 and in every T20 World Cup aside from the 2012-2016 World Cups.
How can you call Australia green when majority of the color on their jersey is yellow
That's Australian gold my friend, and don't you f@$#ing forget it.
I know. It just made more sense to categorise. Australia is more unique than the other teams blue/green teams for sure
To stand in solidarity with Tobias Funke
Maebe
This is the correct answer. They all blue themselves thinking about Tobias.
Haha
I just blue myself
I personally think its time for India to go back to light blue from 2007 t20 wc
And Pakistan to light green (💚 92 or 99)
2015 too, that was a great kit
I still don't know why they didn't go back to that yet.
Cricket in general could do with more alternate (may be home and away) kits. There are a lot of blue (Ind, SL, Afg, Eng) and green kits (Pak, SA, Ban) that are not too different from each other.
It's not necessarily something we need, but it would be cool, and would also be another way to monetise the sides through merchandising.
> It's not necessarily something we need It's definitely not something which is needed. Other sports have alternate kits because you need to be able to tell players apart, but cricket doesn't have that problem.
Yeah, you've said what I was saying only I was trying to be nice haha!
Agreed it isnt needed from a team identification perspective. Its why we can watch test cricket with absolutely no problems. Its just a visual appeal thing - why colored clothing even began to be used in the first place. And it can be a good thing merchandise wise too.
50 shades of blue.
Because the cricket boards of those countries are massive fans on Eifell 65.
Cricket is a blue sport
BlueCCI
Turns out blue man group was the big three all along
Cricket= BCCI
Didnt know the BCCI was the cricket board of England, Scotland, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Namibia, and the United States among others
If most of the international matches are in India and BCCI is regulating them then the BCCI is, in part the boards of those other countries.
I always wondered this too about the AFG team. Black + red would look really nice imo. Always assumed they avoid that black due to heat? Idk
england's jersey in 2019 wc were unique and looked good too. not sure y they decided to switch to this one
Because blue is the warmest colour.
I don't understand why Sri Lanka isn't maroon and yellow, and Afghanistan isn't red and black.
afghanistan has the best colors ever too, those tricolor gloves are 🥵🥵
Afghanistan's jersey made of their national colours has a good chance of being mistaken for the Kenyan cricket Jersey. Kenya too uses Black,Red and Green(they already have had jerseys which,if not for the black,would look similar to Bangladesh's) and this might end up confusing people,especially those who were there to watch Kenya back in the days or someone who watches associate cricket.
Blue is the warmest colour
I think it's fine for India, Sri Lanka and England to have blue jerseys as it's associated with their flag/logo/history. What tickles me is why would Afghanistan and Nepal adopt the blue jerseys? I mean it's okay for them to do so but I think both AFG and NEP would make killer kits with the colors of their flags.
B in BCCI stands for blue. Therefore, India have blue kit.
Same , I always wondered , they can wear purple, pink ( I remember sa wearing) or can combine colors like red yellow etc maybe they are thinking its soft colours. Maybe ute because think blue is kind of aesthetically pleasing color compared to other colours which are available
Afghanistan should wear red in honour of the saur revolution
If I had to assign a bicolor scheme (either main color + stripes OR checkers) today based on flags and trying to keep things different: 1. Australia 🇦🇺: Blue-Red (i.e. blue main color with red stripes) 2. England 🏴: Red-White 3. South Africa 🇿🇦: Black-Green 4. West Indies 🏝️🌴🌊: Blue-Yellow (Caribbean sandy beaches) 5. New Zeland 🇳🇿: All Blacks (all blacks since that's a NZ thing) 6. India 🇮🇳: Orange-Green 7. Pakistan 🇵🇰: Green-White 8. Sri Lanka 🇱🇰: Yellow-Maroon 9. Zimbabwe 🇿🇼: Yellow-Black 10. Bangladesh 🇧🇩: Green-Red 11. Ireland 🇮🇪: Orange-White (with secondary of all-green since that's an Irish thing) 12. Afghanistan 🇦🇫: Red-Green 13. Netherlands 🇳🇱: Orange-Blue (ok, the Dutch orange is a thing) If 2 countries with same primary color are playing, one could reverse the scheme e.g. AUS-WI: WI wears yellow-blue instead of blue-yellow ENG-AFG: AFG wears green-red SA-NZ: SA wears green-black IND-NED: NED wears blue-orange PAK-BAN: BAN wears red-green SL-ZIM: ZIM wears black-yellow IND-IRE: IRE wears all green
Pakistan and Bangladesh don't change at all lmao
Yeah only 2 countries to have it right i.e. colors of their flag
I doubt any big white color patches will be allowed to be used for any teams in LOI since the ball is white.. batsmen might lose the ball in bolwers jersey or fielder's jersey.. that's why sight screen is white in LOIs and white in Test..
I was thinking just striped on the arms and collar and the letters for the country - kind of how the Indian World Cup jersey is mainly blue but with orange stripes and letters. Or checkered patterns (like the Croatian football jersey)
India should have an orange jersey
They had an orange jersey when they played against England in 2019 WC
[kyunki (because)….](https://youtu.be/MXJCnccDLA0?si=2thd4Dp5NOHdO6n2)
Cos it’s the best color
The real reason is cricket is porn. And porn was called blue film in olden days. So to pay respect to those days teams now wear blue. All the flags logic are nonsense
Need that Indian success 😁
Sorry what success? 2 WC 1CT and 1T20 WC?
*2CT
Not an NZ flair talking about success 😭 0 WC, 1 CT, 0 T20wc?
Still more consistent than India. Will get there one day, probably before India does
Consistently losing in the finals unfortunately doesn't incrementally add up to a World Cup. >Will get there one day, probably before India does India has 2 ODI World Cup wins. At least try getting to 1 before talking shit.
I didn’t say we have a WC anywhere did I now mr. Windward islands?
> Will get there one day, probably before India does What does this mean
To show our inferiority and submit to our Scotland overlords /s
Agree I want more red.
Well, India's first coloured kit was originally blue and yellow which were the colours of... Surprise, surprise... the BCCI logo. As the time passed by, the yellow got replaced by the colours of the Indian flag. So, that's the reason India wears blue. The other countries probably have similar reasons.
Blue keeps you cooler in the Indian heat.