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There is no role of BCCI and ICC in assigning of jersey or T-shirt number to the cricketers. Crickters of all countries including India choose their Jersey or T Shirt number by their own. No guidelines have been issued in this regard from the ICC and respective board of the Country. But players need to keep in mind that two players can not have the same numbers in a playing eleven.INDIAN CRICKETERS JERSEY NUMBERS AND WHY THEY CHOOSE THAT NUMBER…SACHIN TENDULAKARSachin Tendulkar's jersey number was 10 that was chosen by himself because it was lucky for him. During an interview, he had told that 10 comes in his surname (Tendulkar), so he chosen 10 numbers for his jersey or t-shirts.When Tendulkar retired from cricket, then BCCI said that they want to retire the 10 number jersey also but in a match this number was assigned to Shardul Thakur for debut. It needs to be kept in mind that the player of another country can wear the jersey of 10 number. Like Pakistan's Afridi wore the jersey number 10 and currently David Miller (South Africa) wearing Jersey no. 10.VIRAT KOHLIVirat Kohli revealed in an interview that he considered himself lucky by wearing a jersey number 18. That's because his dear father died on December 18, 2006. In an interview, Team India's captain said that after wearing a T-shirt of 18, he feels as his father is around him. Kohli is wearing this 18 number jersey from his under-19 days.Mahendra Singh DhoniDhoni's birthday is on 7 July. So he had chosen the number 7 as his jersey number. Dhoni loves football much and his favourite player Ronaldo's jersey number is also 7.Rahul DravidRahul Dravid used to wear T-shirt number 5 in the early days of his career, but after his marriage, he changed the number to 19, because he believed that his wife is very lucky for him and her birthday comes on date 19th,and he believes that jersey number 19 help him in remembering the date of birthday of his wife.Rohit SharmaRohit Sharma's jersey number is 45 and his number was chosen by his mother. Actually, Rohit’s lucky number was 9 but this number has already been given to Parthiv Patel in the team. So he chosen; 4 + 5 = 9 on his mother's suggestion. In fact, this number has proved to be very lucky for Rohit, because at this time he has become the backbone of the Indian cricket team.Virender SehwagIn the early days of his career Sehwag played with jersey number 44 but this number did not support him. On the suggestion of the astrologer; Sehwag started wearing a jersey number 46 but when this number also did not prove lucky for him he started playing without any jersey number.Hardik PandyaTeam India's all-rounder Pandya's previous jersey number was 228. Actually, Hardik Pandya was playing under-16 match against Vadodara in which he scored 228 runs in this match to assure a big win to his team. Since then, Hardik has a jersey number 228.Yuvraj SinghHe was born on the 12th of December at 12 PM. And interestingly, he was also born in Sector 12 of Chandigarh.He survived cancer and fought his way back into the team. The warrior carries his birth date & time on his back.Therefore, on the basis of the above facts, it can be said that the number of jersey of the Indian cricket team players is chosen by their own. It is believed that there is sort of superstition behind the selection of the name and number written on the jersey of the players. As you must seen the Dinesh Kartik prefers to write D.K on his jersey. Now i hope that you must understood that how the jersey number of the cricketers is assigned.Ujjwal ✍ ✎ ✑

There is no role of Board of Control for Cricket in India and International Cricket Council in assigning of jersey or T-shirt number to the cricketers. Cricketers of all countries including India choose their jersey or T-shirt by their own. Currently, jersey number 18 is allotted to Virat Kohli, jersey number 45 to Rohit Sharma and number 7 to Mahendra Singh Dhoni.Sachin Tendulkar: Sachin Tendulkar's jersey number was 10 that was chosen by himself because it was lucky for him. During an interview, he had told that 10 comes in his surname (Tendulkar), so he chosen 10 numbers for his jersey or t-shirts.When Tendulkar retired from cricket, then BCCI said that they want to retire the 10 number jersey also but in a match this number was assigned to Shardul Thakur for debut match.It needs to be kept in mind that the player of another country can wear the jersey of 10 number. Like Pakistan's Afridi wears the jersey number 10. Here it is worth to mention that in football game the 10 number jersey is assigned to team's best player.2.Virat Kohli: Virat Kohli revealed in an interview that he considered himself lucky by wearing a jersey number 18. That's because his dear father died on December 18, 2006. In an interview, Team India's captain said that after wearing a T-shirt of 18, he feels as his father is around him. Kohli is wearing this 18 number jersey from his under-19 days.3. Mahendra Singh Dhoni: Dhoni's birthday is on 7 July. So he had chosen the number 7 as his jersey number. Dhoni loves football much and his favourite player Ronaldo's jersey number is also 7.4. Rahul Dravid: Rahul Dravid used to wear T-shirt number 5 in the early days of his career, but after his marriage, he changed the number to 19, because he believed that his wife is very lucky for him and her birthday comes on date 19th, and he believes that jersey number 19 help him in remembering the date of birthday of his wife.5. Rohit Sharma: Rohit Sharma's jersey number is 45 and his number was chosen by his mother. Actually, Rohit’s lucky number was 9 but this number has already been given to Parthiv Patel in the team. So he chosen; 4 + 5 = 9 on his mother's suggestion. In fact, this number has proved to be very lucky for Rohit, because at this time he has become the backbone of the Indian cricket team.6. Virender Sehwag: In the early days of his career Sehwag played with jersey number 44 but this number did not support him. On the suggestion of the astrologer; Sehwag started wearing a jersey number 46 but when this number also did not prove lucky for him he started playing without any jersey number.7. Hardik Pandya: Team India's all-rounder Pandya's jersey number is 228. Actually, Hardik Pandya was playing under-16 match against Vadodara in which he scored 228 runs in this match to assure a big win to his team. Since then, Hardik has a jersey number 228.Therefore, on the basis of the above facts, it can be said that the number of jersey of the Indian cricket team players is chosen by their own. It is believed that there is sort of superstition behind the selection of the name and number written on the jersey of the players. As you must seen the Dinesh Kartik prefers to write D.K on his jersey. Now we hope that you must have understood that how the jersey number of the cricketers is assigned.

No , Its their Personal Choice Depending upon their Beliefs.Rohit Sharma once said in an Interview that when he got selected for first time in Indian Cricket Team ,he asked her mother to choose which number then her mother suggested Number 9 which was lucky for him but he told her mother that Number 9 is already taken by someone. So, he choose the number 45 (4+5=9) which sums his Jersey Number 45.Similarly Virat Kohli Chooses Number 18 because he got Selected in Indian Cricket Team at early age of 18 an he won the U-19 CWC at the age of 18.Some Cricketers also being Superstitious chooses numbers depend on their Beliefs. Like Virender Sehwag earlier used number 44 as can be seen in picture below but later to due to his belief in Superstition he removed number and wore Indian Jersey without any number.Pic Credit : Google