In Pictures: Evolution of India's World Cup jerseys through the years

1996 - Light Blue and Yellow

The Indian side lost in the semis in Kolkata

The 1996 World Cup was held in the sub-continent for the first time. There were a lot of controversies from start to finish. Firstly, Australia and West Indies refused to send their teams to Sri Lanka due to safety concerns. This led to Sri Lanka winning their matches against them in the group stage by a walkover.

The other controversy was the one in the semifinals at the Eden Gardens. Indian fans will never forget the image of a teary-eyed Vinod Kambli after the semifinal match against Sri Lanka was forfeited due to the aggressive crowd behaviour.

The jersey worn by India this time around was a much lighter shade of blue along with yellow. The collars were completely yellow as well. There were also rainbow coloured arrows running across the chest and down the sleeves.

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As mentioned above, India reached the semifinals of the tournament, losing to Sri Lanka, who went on to win the World Cup by defeating Australia in the final in Lahore.