Memes welcome Team India's orange and blue away jersey

If you're wondering why 'Indian Oil' and 'petrol pump' are trending on Twitter, look no further than the Indian men's cricket team. On Sunday, the Men in Blue will debut in their orange and blue away jersey against England at Birmingham. 

While it was announced that Team India will sport their orange colour for the first time during its match against England, the new jersey was unveiled only on Friday. And Twitterati could not help but draw comparisons with the uniform of employees at Indian Oil petrol pumps. 

Creativity was running high as some tweeters even linked it to the saffron and 'Hindutva' wave that is spreading across India, and even Bournvita. 

A few even spotted the uncanny resemblance between India's orange and blue away jersey and the jersey of the national cricket team of the Netherlands.

“The new total orange and blue coloured away kits also moves away from a traditional silhouette to using new innovative cut lines alongside dynamic material combinations to emphasise a multi-dimensional slash design and movement approach,” Nike had said in a statement, unveiling the 'orange and blue' away kit on Friday.

With an unbeaten record in six encounters so far, Virat Kohli's men are all but through to the semi-finals with 11 points but a win against England will further tighten their grip at the top and in the process oust the hosts from the global event. Sunday's encounter at Birmingham's Edgbaston with a capacity Indian crowd could be rather unsettling for a team which is already under severe pressure from all quarters.