Even though it has conquered everything that came its way of late, on Wednesday it seemed team India's blues got a bit deeper off the field.
Actually we are not talking about on-field woes, but the colour of the team's new kit for limited-overs cricket which has got a shade darker.
Team India has traditionally sported light blue jerseys since the last two decades, but its kit sponsors, Nike, have come up with a different colour this time for the upcoming tour of New Zealand.
It is no longer sky blue, but a darker shade, something you would associate with the Sri Lankan team.
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni had the jersey's first trial along team-mates Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh, Dinesh Karthik, Pragyan Ojha and Rohit Sharma in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Nike also made a presentation of how the Team India jersey has evolved over the years. Former players Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, Venkatesh Prasad, Vinod Kambli and Robin Singh donned the old blue jerseys of their playing days.
Fast bowler Zaheer Khan echoed Dhoni's views, saying the new jersey will be beneficial when playing in hot conditions.
"In cold conditions you can manage by adding on a few clothes, but in hot conditions it is the toughest to deal with it. So this dry-fit material helps to keep you cool," he said..
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