Bangladesh change their World Cup jersey following controversy
The board had earlier launched two jerseys for home and away matches but had to bend in front of the fans who disliked it.
The painful memories are yet not dead it seems. Bangladesh cricket authorities faced a backlash from the fans over the design of the team’s jersey for the upcoming ICC World Cup and were compelled to change bend to it. The reason for such furore was the colour of the jersey was all green, resembling that of Pakistan, of which Bangladesh was a part till 1971 and got separated after a bloodied struggle.
Apart from Bangladesh and Pakistan, South Africa is another team in this year’s World Cup that has a green outfit. On Monday, designs of two new jerseys (away and home) to be worn by the Bangladeshi players were unveiled and the home outfit was completely green, even lacking the touch of the familiar red (green and red are the two colours in Bangladesh’s national flag as well, denoting the soil and sun, respectively).
The all-green jersey created a lot of resentment among the fans and the local media who vented it out on social media. Bangladesh Cricket Board CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury told the country’s media that the design of the all-green jersey will be changed.
The Bangladeshi team wore the all-green jersey during an official photo session prior to their departure for the UK on Monday. The Tigers will take part in a tri-series featuring Ireland and the Windies in Ireland before reaching England for the World Cup starting May 30.
BCB president Nazmul Hassan on Monday told a channel that they would change the design of Bangladesh’s home jersey. “There is no red on the home jersey. The new design will have red in it,” he was quoted as saying by a media channel.
New Bangladesh jersey
On Tuesday, Bangladesh came up with their new jersey replacing the controversial one and it had a red strap in the middle mentioning ‘BANGLADESH’.
Bangladesh will kick off their tri-series campaign in Ireland on May 5 and their first match in the World Cup is against South Africa at the Oval on June 2.
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