May 31, 2019
With the World Cup just a mere couple of weeks away, teams have not only been busy assembling the best of the best for the mega tournament, but they have also been releasing their World Cup kits.
Of course, while scoring runs and taking wickets is what it’s all about, donning a memorable jersey is even more important.
So before the Pakistan Cricket Board releases the official World Cup kit for 2019, here’s a look back at our jerseys over the years.
The first time that coloured kits were introduced was the 1992 World Cup. For Pakistan, this World Cup is of great significance as the men in green (literally for the first time) picked up first and only World Cup trophy.
For the 1992 World Cup, the team wore lime green coloured kits with red, blue and white strips running across the shoulder blades.
Under the captaincy of the Wasim Akram, the team made it all the way into the quarter-final stage of the tournament.
For this year’s tournament, the team went with a slightly darker shade of green with a strip of lighter green running across the chest with Pakistan written on it.
World Cup 1999
Hailed as one of the most innovate Pakistan World Cup kits to date, the 1999 World Cup saw Pakistan wearing a bright green kit with a prominent dark green star in the front. What made this jersey stand out from the previous ones worn by the team in the last two editions was "Pakistan" written in Urdu inside the star.
A drastic change from the previous kits, Pakistan altered their World Cup kits to a much darker green with yellow patches on the shoulder and on the sides.
The kits also had Pakistan stamped in yellow across the chest.
The infamous 2007 World Cup where Pakistan crashed out at the group stage much like the previous edition saw an altered version of the 2003 kit with the addition of sickly green lines.
The lighter green was mixed on the sleeves and sides with the yellow. The collar was also the light green shade making a jumble of green explosion. The same green was used to spell out Pakistan on the kit.
Sticking to the dark green hue that has now become a staple of the men in green’s uniform, the 2009 kit saw the addition of a crescent and star with a yellow outline.
A replica of the popular 1992 World Cup, the 2015 World Cup saw the return of the light green kit without the crescent and star of the previous 2011 World Cup kit and the addition of straight dark green lines on the front and the back.
Returning to the dark green hues of the previous World Cups, the 2019 World Cup kit that Pakistan will don at this year's mega tournament incorporates a sequence of dark and light shades of green, with the team logo emblazoned on the left and Pakistan written in white.