The Lucknow-based franchise unveiled its new jersey for the upcoming 16th season of the Indian T20 League. The dark blue colored jersey was designed by Kunal Rawal. Many players of the team including captain KL Rahul, mentor Gautam Gambhir, and the Indian cricket Board secretary Jai Shah were present at the jersey launch event.
Lucknow organised their new jersey launch program in Ahmedabad. The reason behind this is Rahul, who is part of the four-match Test series against Australia in Ahmedabad and the fourth Test of the Border Gavaskar series is set to be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad from March 9.
Lucknow performed really well in its debut season
They made a few changes in new jersey as the color is now dark blue. Last time the jersey was in light blue color. The Rahul-led team made its cash-rich league debut last season. Sanjiv Goenka’s RPSG Group bought this team and announced Rahul as their captain of the team. They performed really well in their first season, although that wasn’t enough to win the title as they got eliminated by Bangalore in the eliminator match
Several models attended the launch event and graced the event with their glamorous ramp walk. Some of the big players of the Lucknow franchise also attended the event, they also walked the ramp before the jersey launch. The 16th edition of the richest league in the world will kick off on March 31, Lucknow will play its first match on April 1, which will be against the runner-up of the previous season Delhi.
Lucknow’s squad for Indian T20 League 2023:
Ayush Badoni, KL Rahul, Kyle Mayers, Manan Vohra, Daniel Sams, Deepak Hooda, Karn Sharma, Krishnappa Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Marcus Stoinis, Prerak Mankad, Swapnil Singh, Nicholas Pooran, Quinton De Kock, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Jaydev Unadkat, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Romario Shepherd, Yash Thakur, Yudhveer Singh
Here’s how fans reacted:
— Florida woman ? (@NucleusDevi) March 7, 2023
Acchi hai ? pic.twitter.com/lFv1r2U4Yu
— Swaroop RJ08 ? (@Swaroop_RJ08) March 7, 2023
???? pic.twitter.com/uxLGQq4DdY
— Rahul Sharma (@RahulSh10190225) March 7, 2023
Ye kl rahul khush kb hoga
— TheSpecter (@HarveySpecter_x) March 7, 2023
Aur ghatiya bana lete. Local match walo se banwa lo, wo isse achi bana denge. Plain white isse better hai.
— Ayush Jain (@handyzoilist) March 7, 2023
Mujhe zor ka puke!..aa raha hain ?
— Grilledbunny (@GrilledBunnyy) March 7, 2023
Doing Mujra And Fashion Show On Jersey launch???
— Guri Pbks (@Guri_Pbks) March 7, 2023
Bruh
Went from bad to worse?— …. (@sha_oatmeal) March 7, 2023