India, July 31 -- The Indian hockey jersey colour change controversy is refusing to die down. Hockey India president and former player Dilip Tirkey has asked for an explanation as to how the decision to change the colour of the jersey was made without following the proper process. There is an email doing the rounds, and apparently it has been sent by none other than Tirkey to the HI executive board members in which he has many questions. Turns out, he wasn't in the loop either.

On Thursday, a big controversy erupted when former India player Viren Rasquinha slammed the HI for changing the colour of the national jersey for the upcoming FIH World Cup to be held in the Netherlands and Belgium. He was not happy that the jersey colour was chan...