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After sporting black armbands to honour late former India Prime Minister and Finance Misiter Manmohan Singh in the Melbourne Test, Team India was seen wearing pink-coloured kit on the third day of the fifth Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground. For the unversed, the Men in Blue could not carry their momentum forward as they failed to defend the 162-run target with Australia reclaiming the BGT after 10 years.
Moreover, the Pat Cummins-led side, who entered the pink Test with a 2-1 lead in the five-match Test series, ticked all boxes as Sam Konstas, Usman Khawaja, Travis Head and Beau Webster made important contributions with the bat to guide the hosts to a win, bringing back the BGT title for the first time after 2014-15.
Why Team India wore pink on Day 3 of Sydney Test?
While the Sydney Test traditionally offers to be a pink Test in Australian cricketing summer, the Australian cricket team wore pink outfits, with the crowd sporting pink hats and pink attire from the very beginning, the Indian team was seen wearing pink, from their usual blue one on the third day of the Sydney Test on Sunday, January 5.
This gesture by the Indian cricket team followed the pink day theme. It is to be noted that the third day of the Sydney Test is called pink day in order to raise money for the McGrath Foundation. Moreover, the Indian team also presented a signed cap to former Australia pacer Glenn McGrath ahead of the start of Day 3.
The entire purpose behind the pink Test is to raise awareness about breast cancer, a disease to which Glenn McGrath lost his wife Jane. Following her diagnosis, the former Australian pacer founded the McGrath Foundation in 2005. Every summer, the foundation collaborates with Cricket Australia to raise awareness and funds for the breast cancer patients and the survivors.
