IPL 2018: Deciphering The Hidden Message In Your IPL Team's Logo

I'm putting it out there. This is the most confused logo in the history of logos. It is so confused that it probably believes China is India's 30th State.

Firstly, why is a Japanese ninja star the focus of the whole thing? Is this team suggesting that if they are losing they will start killing you with stealth? Or is it just a threat to stop you from bowling yorkers?

Then, there's the name. Which followers of a team in the IPL need to be reminded that the team they are following is actually from India? According to these guys, it is people from Mumbai. Perhaps the team management are scared that the locals will believe that their IPL franchise is actually from Tokyo because of that ridiculous ninja star.

Just to make sure you don't get it wrong, they have used Indian flag colours around the ninja star.

Maybe there's something here that I'm missing? Does India have a secret ninja class of Maharashtrians that I'm yet to discover? If so, I apologise wholeheartedly.