Jersey Analysis: Rising Pune Supergiants' Cocktail Jersey!

The RSPG as they acronym themselves unveiled the cocktail jersey brewing the RCB, KKR and the defunct CSK jerseys together. MS Dhoni, the current captain of RSPG who still misses CSK and Sanjiv Goenka, the chairman of New Rising group unveiled the multicoloured jersey. This news is old and you all might already have read it. And this blog is now dissecting the details.

This is the jersey most of you have seen.

The social media states that the jersey is a blend of three other teams, I actually do not agree with this. Reason being people just comment seeing the red of RCB, purple of KKR and yellow of CSK in the jersey that they have seen. However, this is not the case! I'd like to suggest you to have a look at the logo of RP-SG Group. RP-SG is not the team name, it is 'RP - Sanjiv Goenka' Group.

That you see above, is the logo of RP-SG Group that owns the RPSG Team. The team name, though criticized for its unusual name and logo, is a clever move from Mr. Goenka. The logo contains shades of yellow, orange, pink and purple and this has been implemented on the jersey design as well. The same was also incorporated on the team logo which I consider, the worst logo for any IPL team so far.

And again, the jersey has no red shade. The lighting in the photos misguide people. Courtesy of Firstpost, I present you the photo which shows the actual colours and gradients used in the jersey.

This is the jersey which actually shows the true colours!

The Jersey Analysis

The designer for this jersey is still unknown. There is a black collar label which only specifies the size 'L' and no jersey manufacturer logo. Even the design language doesn't indicate any well-known kit-maker. 

The arms gradient from pink to purple to navy blue reaching the elbow region; also lower belly region, Dark shade of pink is predominant, apparently the back region also duplicates the front design. A small piece of yellowish-orange makes an appearance on the jersey. The collar is navy blue with the yellowish-orange piping, similar piping is also used for arms. The colours for the number and name on the back is unknown as of now, I predict it to be yellow or white.

Being the initial release, the jersey has lots of unclaimed sponsor spaces with only the team logo on the left chest and the tournament logo on the arm printed at the time of unveiling. I have no other predictions for the sponsors except the RP-SG Group donning the belly space on the jersey. The official website still doesn't list any sponsors and we can only know them once the team catches up for practice sessions or when they are finally on the field playing their first match.

The Verdict

Though I feel this team's logo is crap, the jersey balances the crappiness of the logo by employing a bold look. The jersey is different and unique, with the inclusion of pink for the first time in IPL. I feel the yellow patch was not required in the design. Overall, the jersey can be rated 6 on the scale of 10.