INTRODUCTION OF COLORS IN UNIFORMS:

 In the beginning everyone wore white uniform, as they did in test matches.
 With almost no endorsement logos it reinforced a cleaner and uncluttered.
 In 1977, the Australian media tycoon Kerry Packer changed the look of the format
permanently when he introduced World Series Cricket, in which teams played in colored
kit.
 That was indeed a colorful addition to the game.
 The red cherry was replaced with white cricket balls so that they were easily visible to
players against the background of colored clothing and, more radically, artificial floodlights.

INTRODUCTION OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT:

 The innovation of artificial floodlights changed the game in many ways as the games could
 be stretched out into the evening and allow a new demographic of younger fans to be
introduced.
 In turn, this youthful boom, and the shorter duration, allowed big businesses and sponsors
to jump on to the format.
 Not only did that help in the glamorization of the game, but it also strengthened the
financial base of the entire game.

 The ICC Cricket World Cup 1992 was the first to be played in coloured clothing and under
lights.

UNIFORMS OF IPL TEAMS:

For sports enthusiasts or fans, the jerseys and the team colors form an important part of
the support and how their team looks certainly adds on to the passion. The IPL jerseys seem to
have similarities with the how the league itself has been governed over the past eight seasons.
According to the IPL governing rules, teams are permitted a maximum of 10 sponsors logos to
appear on the jersey.
 ROYAL CHALLENGERS
Vijay Mallya wanted to associate one of his top-selling liquor brands, either McDowell's
No.1 or Royal Challenge with the team.[12] The latter was chosen, hence the name.

LOGO:
 The logo initially consisted the RC emblem in yellow on a circular red base with the black
text "Royal Challengers Bangalore" in standard format surrounding circular logo.
 With the roaring lion placed on the top of the logo was derived from the original Royal
Challenge logo.
 The replacement of color yellow with gold from 2009.
 This logo also had a dotted white circle around the RC emblem.
 An alternate logo is used for the Game for Green matches where the green plants surround
the logo and the text Game for Green is placed below the logo.
 The logo was redesigned in 2016 with the inclusion of black as a secondary color. The lion
emblem in the crest was enlarged and the shield was omitted in the new design.

Jersey
 The jersey colors of the team in 2008 were red and golden yellow, the same as the
unofficial Kannada flag, with player names printed in white and numbers printed in black in
the rear.
 Yellow was eliminated in future seasons and was replaced with gold.
 Starting from 2010, blue was introduced on the apparel as a tertiary color.
 The jersey design saw tweaks every season, major being the one for 2014 where blue
dominated over gold.
 From 2014, the player names and numbers were printed in gold.
 As of 2015, more yellowish shade of gold is being used on the jerseys.
 The blue was completely eliminated in 2016 and was replaced by black as the third color in
the two versions of the jersey - one for home matches and the other for away ones.

Theme song
 The theme song of the team for the 2008 season was "Jeetenge Hum Shaan Se".
 The team anthem, "Game for More" was created for the 2009 season. The music was
composed by Amit Trivedi and written by Anshu Sharma.
  A new anthem, "Here We Go The Royal Challengers" was created for the 2013 season and
was used till 2015.
 The anthem "Play Bold" was composed by Salim–Sulaiman, sung by Siddharth Basrur and
was released in 2016 during the launch of jerseys for the season.
 For 2017, the same anthem was recomposed and sung by Anand Bhaskar in 6 languages -
English, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi and Punjabi.

Chennai Super Kings

JERSEY

 The team's primary colour is yellow with blue and orange stripes on either sides of the
jersey.

 The jersey also incorporates the roaring lion logo in the center of the shirt below the logo
of the main sponsor Muthoot Group.

LOGO

 The team logo features the head of a roaring lion in orange and the team name rendered in
blue.
 The crown above the team name is the same as that used in the logo of the brand
Coromandel King.
 According to the logo designers, since lion is the king of the jungle, the roaring lion logo
reflects the team name.
 The details of the logo signifies various qualities such as youth, vibrancy, solid
performance orientation and fiery spirit.

NAME

 The Chennai franchise named the team as Chennai Super Kings to honor the rulers of
the Tamil empire.

 The word "super" is used commonly in southern India especially in Tamil Nadu. The team
name also derives from India Cements' brand "Coromandel King".

THEME SONG
 The team's theme song is the Whistle Podu designed by Aravind-Shankar (duo of Aravind
Murali and Jaishankar Iyer).
 Although the track was created only for YouTube in 2008, it gained popularity during the
2009 season and later became the team's theme song.
 The video of the song represents the street dance form of dappangutthu which is very
popular among certain communities in Tamil Nadu.
 It is also a folk dance and music genre employed in Tamil cinema.
 The recordings of some of the Super Kings players whistling were used in the music video.

Kolkata Knight Riders

 2008: The first KKR jersey started the theme of battle symbols as the driving force of their
style. The black colour was associated with ‘Maa Kali as the destroyer of demons’ and the
gold was associated with the ‘spirit of life’.
 However, it started a spree of superstition as the black colour was not keeping them in
good favour for cricket.
 It had its set of downfalls, KKR lost the qualification for the semi-finals for two
consecutive years, the colour black was clearly bringing them a negative response which
they did not see coming.


 2009: The sleeves were switched from black to gold, but it didn’t seem to change KKR’s
luck. Kolkata Knight Riders still hadn’t got their jersey game absolutely spot on.
 2010: The signature purple and gold jersey made its appearance in IPL 3
 2012: The initial logo had a golden Viking helmet in front of a black background with the
team name written next to it.
 Following the change from black to purple, the new logo had a purple Corinthian helmet
with gold trimming and ‘Kolkata Knight Riders’ imprinted within a shield.
 The 2012 season was a revolution for KKR as they won their 1st ever IPL trophy and the
purple brigade had well and truly made their mark.
 2014: There was also a different approach to the collar. The 2013 season had an open
collar while in 2014, Kolkata Knight Riders opted to go for an orange-tipped collar,
blending well with the Polo shirt sponsor as well.
  2015: KKR’s 2015 jersey featured a change in shoulder design, the graphic design on the
shoulders now had an arc-like design, with the debonair print narrowing along the sides.
 2017: Kolkata Knight Riders’ newest jersey is purple with a tinge of yellow.. They also
completely changed the look of their practice jersey, opting to go for a black and orange
jersey.

LOGO

 In 2008, the logo of the team consisted of a blazing golden Viking helmet against a black
background with the name of the team written in gold next to it .Golden symbolizes spirit
of life and black presents the Goddess Kali.

 However, the black background was changed to purple in the fourth season.

 It was in 2012 that the current logo, which has a blazing purple Corinthian helmet trimmed
with gold, with Kolkata Knight Riders written within a shield was introduced.

 It was later changed to purple and gold during the third season and was kept so.

TAGLINE
 The tagline of the team was "All the King's Men" during the first four seasons.

THEME
 The main theme of the team Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo Re (we will act, fight and win!) was
scored by Vishal-Shekhar duo.

 Knight Riders album featuring several singers and music composers including Usha
Uthup and Bappi Lahiri was also created.