A group of India Rising basketball players on the court, mid-action
The Avengers of Brown Basketball
India Rising
A group of India Rising basketball players on the court, mid-action
The Avengers of Brown Basketball
India Rising
A group of India Rising basketball players on the court, mid-action
The Avengers of Brown Basketball
India Rising
A closeup of the back of an India Rising jersey, featuring the logo

Founded by Gautam Kapur, India Rising brings together the world’s best Indian-origin basketball players. Sure, there is the Indian National Team, but that’s only for Indian passport holders, not Indian-Americans, Indo-Canadians, and others. Kapur enlisted the team into ESPN’s The Basketball Tournament, a single-elimination sixty-four-team bout with more than fifteen million global viewers. Frontier designed its jersey logo and visual identity, celebrating the rise of the diaspora on the global basketball scene.

Visual Identity
A closeup of the back of an India Rising jersey, featuring the logo

Founded by Gautam Kapur, India Rising brings together the world’s best Indian-origin basketball players. Sure, there is the Indian National Team, but that’s only for Indian passport holders, not Indian-Americans, Indo-Canadians, and others. Kapur enlisted the team into ESPN’s The Basketball Tournament, a single-elimination sixty-four-team bout with more than fifteen million global viewers. Frontier designed its jersey logo and visual identity, celebrating the rise of the diaspora on the global basketball scene.

Visual Identity
The India Rising logo set on a photo of the players during a game.
A shot of an India Rising player with his team members.

Combining an illustration of the Himalayas with custom typography, the logo brings together Indian identity and sporting prowess while fitting into the loud and colourful graphic approach of basketball team logos.

Early pencil sketches exploring different possibilities for the India Rising logo

Combining an illustration of the Himalayas with custom typography, the logo brings together Indian identity and sporting prowess while fitting into the loud and colourful graphic approach of basketball team logos.

Early pencil sketches exploring different possibilities for the India Rising logo
A crowd cheering on the team, with a family holding up a hand-written sign that reads "Brown Ballers exist!"
Custom India Rising stickers, featuring different variations of the logo
An India Rising player in-action mid-game
Custom India Rising stickers, featuring different variations of the logo
An India Rising player in-action mid-game

“Imagine ten million people loving a sport but hardly seeing a team that looks like them! And imagine the possibilities for the team once people get behind it.”

Gautam Kapur

“Imagine ten million people loving a sport but hardly seeing a team that looks like them! And imagine the possibilities for the team once people get behind it.”

Gautam Kapur

“Imagine ten million people loving a sport but hardly seeing a team that looks like them! And imagine the possibilities for the team once people get behind it.”

Gautam Kapur
A wide-angle view of the team during a game
The back of a man wearing a jacket featuring the logo
The brand colour palette, featuring a range of warm colours from light yellow to warm red
The back of a man wearing a jacket featuring the logo
The brand colour palette, featuring a range of warm colours from light yellow to warm red
The team standing in a circle together
Photos courtesy of India Rising