Playing in Pink jersey has become South African cricket team’s annual regular now. The Proteas team wears Pink Jerseys once in a year in a home ODI match. The ers are also be encouraged to wear Pink outfits as well, which makes this occasion completely pinkish.
In the 2020 Pink game, the opponents England wore a limited edition of their own pink jersey to show their .
On Pink day every year, the hashtag #PitchUpinPink & #PinkDay will make a huge trend among the social media.
Now, let’s get into the detail of the reason behind South Africa wearing the Pink jersey today.
Reason for South Africa wearing Pink Jersey in Cricket
The reason behind South African cricket team wearing pink jersey is for ing and creating awareness on Breast Cancer, and collecting money for the people who are suffering from the disease.
On playing in Pink, AB De Villiers once said,
We realize the importance of highlighting awareness around breast cancer and for us to play in pink is our way of contributing to the campaign.
The Purpose of every year’s Pink Day is to collect money for the Breast Cancer Clinic at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital. The goal is to raise more than R1 million‚ which will mostly come from the sale of bracelets designed by sun-glass enthusiast David Tlale.
The Wanderers ground in Johannesburg is the usual venue for this occasion every year.
South Africa in Pink Jersey Record
South African cricket team first wore the pink jersey in March 2013 in an ODI match against Pakistan at home. After that they decided to make it an occasion to have Pink Day once in a while, when they play ODI matches in home.
