Bangladesh change their kit for 2019 World Cup: Details here
The Bangladesh cricket team had to change their jersey strip for the upcoming ICC World Cup 2019. This happened after there were complaints of their jersey being similar to that of Pakistan. Bangladesh have added a touch of red following uproar over the initial design they had presented earlier. Bangladesh start their World Cup campaign against South Africa on June 2. Here is more.
Official jersey launched on Monday was green and white
The jersey unveiled on Monday for the World Cup, starting later this month in England and Wales, was green and white. Notably, the national flag of Bangladesh is red and green. Bangladesh Cricket Board spokesman Jalal Yunus said that the ICC had originally asked it to drop the red colour due to "commercial complications". But now the body agreed following a request from BCB.
'People wanted a touch of red in the jersey'
"It made the jersey green and white. But people wanted a touch of red in the jersey. So we requested the ICC again and they accepted our request," he told AFP.
People had complained regarding the white stripes
The original design actually featured the names of players and the word Bangladesh in red, but due to ICC's directive, it got changed to white. This led to people on social media complaining after the strip was unveiled. Even former BCB president Saber Hossain Chowdhury criticized the original design. He had tweeted that red and green were always Bangladesh's choice.
Red and green the way to go!
Bangladesh have a solid challenge ahead of them: Our take
Bangladesh start their 2019 World Cup campaign against South Africa on June 2. The Asian side hasn't played a strong brand of cricket since a while now across formats. They have suffered aplenty in the ODIs as well. Therefore, it will be a task for Bangladesh to stand tall and produce the goods. The Tigers have a big challenge ahead of them.
