The Bangladesh Cricket Board have changed the jersey that their players will don in the upcoming World Cup. This move from the BCB comes after the jersey that was initially launched was disliked by many of their fans.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board had asked for ICC’s permission to go ahead and make the necessary changes. The Bangladesh flag is a combination of green and red. However, the jersey that was initially showcased was completely green. This made the fans question the absence of red color in the jersey and the thought that went behind finalizing this design for the World Cup.
The new jersey that the players will be wearing at the mega-event has the team’s name written in white within a red patch on the jersey.
While talking about it to ESPN Cricinfo, BCB President Nazmul Hassan said, “After the jersey unveiling yesterday, I sat with the board directors to look at the jersey again. Someone spotted the lack of red in the jersey. We have now decided to add the red to our jersey.”
Hassan added that the Bangladesh jersey usually has had the red and green colour in their jersey. However, there have been times in the past where there was no red colour in the jersey.
“We have usually had red and green in our jerseys over the years but there were times when we didn’t have the red. I remember it was yellow and green during the 1999 World Cup and the 2000 Asia Cup. We have, in the past, also left to an open competition to design the jersey, but since this is an ICC event, we had to send them the design for their approval,” he added.
