5 IPL teams who had contrasting fortunes after revamping their jerseys

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore’s inaugural kit launch event in 2008

The Royal Challengers from Bangalore started the IPL wearing the colours of the Karnataka flag. The Rahul Dravid-led team flaunted red as their primary colour with yellow stripes as the finished second-last in the points table.

Kevin Pietersen played for RCB in 2009

The following year when the tournament was held in South Africa the team choose to make a few changes in the jersey. While red remained as the predominant colour yellow was replaced by gold with black lettering as earlier.

The change of colour proved to be a fortune turner as they finished the tournament as runner-ups. RCB has been the one of the most stylish teams when it comes to their jerseys.

Since 2011, the Vijay Mallya-owned franchise wears green jersey in a match every tournament to promote their “Go Green” initiative, a move to create awareness about global warming. Their green kit has also generated massive attention since they wear it for the first time.

Royal Challengers Bangalore players during their kit lauch event this year

RCB also included the colour blue to their jersey before replacing both blue and gold with black just before the star of this year’s tournament. They also became the first IPL team to launch two different kits for home and away matches. As the Virat Kohli-led team will play this year’s final on 29 May at their home ground it’s will be interesting to see whether they can win the first title with their new jersey or not.