BCCI, Kohli and Co unhappy with substandard Nike kits

BCCI CEO Rahul Johri and General Manager game development Ratnakar Shetty had raised the issue to the Committee of Administrators (CoA), in which Vinod Rai expressed his concerns. 

“It (Nike’s clothing) has come up for discussion in last COA meeting and chairman CoA (Vinod Rai) took it very strongly. The team cannot have sub-standard kits and we will be engaging with Nike and he has asked to put our case strongly. We have to engage with them, we will have a meeting with them (Nike) next week and try to resolve it at earliest,” Rahul Johri said. 

Nike, who has been associated with the Indian cricket team since 2006, last year struck a deal worth Rs 370 crores to get the official kit sponsorship rights, in a contract that extended till September 2020. 

Virat Kohli and co are currently in Sri Lanka, playing the five-match ODI series which will be followed by a one-off T20 international. The Men in Blue have already taken a 1-0 lead after an easy nine-wicket win on Sunday against the hosts. The second one-dayer will be played on Thursday.