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The Indian women’s team will don the brand new piece of clothing against their West Indies counterparts in the upcoming three-match series.
The Indian Women’s Cricket Team skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and BCCI honorary Secretary Jay Shah unveiled the new ODI jersey on Thursday in Mumbai.
The BCCI shared a snippet from the event with the caption, “Mr Jay Shah, Honorary Secretary, BCCI & Ms Harmanpreet Kaur, Captain, Indian Cricket Team unveiled #TeamIndia’s new ODI jersey”.
“It’s an honour to unveil the jersey today,” Harmanpreet said.
The Indian women’s team will don the brand new piece of clothing against their West Indies counterparts in the upcoming three-match series.
“I’m really happy that we are the first one to wear it against the West Indies,” she exulted.
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The jersey, manufactured by sportswear superbrand Adidas features the Indian tricolour on the shoulder, which Harmanpreet found attractive in particular.
“We are really happy with the jersey, we really like the look,” the Indian skipper said.
“The shoulder pattern with the tricolour looks really beautiful,” the 35-year-old added.
“Really happy that we have got a special ODI jersey,” the top-order batter said.
She went on to express the special feeling that one experiences donning the famous blue kit and hoped that the Indian fans too would take to the new iteration of the classic jersey with warmth.
“It is always a special feeling to wear the national jersey and there is a lot of hard work that goes behind it,” Harmanpreet continued.
“Hopefully the Indian fans also feel the pride when wearing it,” the 35-year-old concluded.
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The Indian women’s team take on the touring Windies women in a three-match T20I series slated to begin on the 15th of December, at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai before facing off against the women from the Caribbean in a three-match ODI series set to begin on the 22nd of December at the Reliance Cricket Ground in Vadodara.