Team India try on the new kit

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Team India, On the eve of the departure to New Zealand, got a new dress in a darker shade of blue for one-day internationals in Mumbai on Wednesday (18/02/2009). Look at the next image. The team Indian cricket board's official kit sponsor Nike unveiled the new jersey in Mumbai with Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan, Gautam Gambhir, Ishant Sharma and Rohit Sharma. The new kit was developed after extensive research by designers and has been put through rigorous tests at the Nike Sports Research Laboratory.

"Nike's new ODI kit, with its technology features and bolder colours, is testament to this change in this great sport in our country. We wish our teams' greater success in the coming seasons," said Indian cricket board secretary N. Srinivasan. The current kit will be the team's alternate dress. Dhoni described the forthcoming tour of New Zealand as a tough assignment but said whether at home or away, international cricket was always a difficult proposition. "It's better to start as underdogs (in a series). It's going to be tough, but international cricket is tough whether at home or away. We have heard how beautiful it (New Zealand) is. We would enjoy the tour and hopefully would come back with a couple of trophies. We don't bother whether we are playing Sri Lanka or any other country", he said.