Captain Virat Kohli is impressed with newly designed orange dominated jersey of the Indian team but maintained that blue will always remain their colour.

The Indian team needed to have a second choice jersey for the World Cup as per ICC's home and away rule and the navy-blue-orange jersey was officially unveiled by the India captain prior to their match against England on Sunday.

"For one game, it's fine. I don't think permanently we'd be heading in that direction because blue has always been our colour, very proud to wear that. For a change and looking at the occasion, it's a very smart kit," Kohli told reporters on Saturday.

 

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There had been some debate with regards to the choice of orange as a dominating colour as a section of political class accused the Central government of trying to "saffronise" the sport.

However, for the record, the Indian women's football team in a recent AFC Cup tournament sported full orange kit.

Kohli, however, loved the designed and gave it an eight out of 10.

"The fit is great, it's a nice change," he said.

"I quite like it, I think it's right up there. For me, it would be eight. Honestly, I'm not saying it for the sake of it. I really like it. The contrast is very nice," Kohli said after being asked to rate the jersey on a scale of one to 10.