The new light blue coloured one day clothing for the Indian team
unveiled with much fanfare at a five star hotel here with seven World Cup
team members sporting it can not be worn by the cricketers during the mega event,
the Cricket Board said today. 
"At the World Cup the players would be wearing only ICC-approved
clothing which would be more or less similar in colour and other aspects to
the present one being worn by the Indian team members," clarified BCCI's
Chief Executive Officer Ratnakar Shetty.
Shetty said the BCCI had received a communication from the
ICC that only the apparel approved by the world governing body could be worn
by all the teams at the World Cup.
The country's cricket fans would now have to wait till the commencement of
the three-match one-day series in Bangladesh in May, which is the first assingment
for the team after the World Cup, to see their favourite stars in the new garb,
Shetty added.
The clarification means Indian players cannot wear the new apparel, which is
claimed to be 15 per cent lighter and with good sweat-absorbing features to
keep the body temperature cool, during cricket's showpiece event.
Yesterday the new team colours were officially launched by
seven West Indies-bound Indian players - including captain Rahul Dravid
and former skippers Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly.
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