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Jersey Fabrics: What Your Kit Is Actually Made Of
Almost every modern sports jersey is 100% polyester knit — the question is which knit and which weight. Interlock is the smooth all-rounder, dot-knit and mesh ventilate harder for hot sports, and weight is measured in GSM (grams per square metre): roughly 130–140 for featherweight badminton kit up to 160+ for durable cricket wear.
Which fabrics are sports jerseys made of?
Three knits cover nearly everything we produce. Polyester interlock — smooth both sides, holds print beautifully, the default for football and cricket. Dot-knit — micro-perforated, visibly breathable, the pick for badminton and summer tournaments. Sports mesh — open structure for maximum airflow, used in basketball singlets and as panelling. All three take sublimation identically, so fabric choice is about feel and climate, never print quality.
Designer's tip: complexity is free with sublimation — a gradient costs the same as a plain kit. Spend your restraint, not your budget.
What does GSM mean and what weight should you pick?
GSM is fabric weight per square metre — higher means denser and more durable, lower means lighter and cooler. As working ranges from our floor: 130–140 GSM for badminton and running where every gram matters; 140–150 GSM for football and volleyball's balance of drape and durability; 150–165 GSM for cricket kit that lives outdoors all day and gets washed twice a week. When in doubt for Indian conditions, go lighter — heat kills more games than wear does.
What does moisture-wicking actually mean?
Polyester fibres don't absorb water — they move it. Sweat is pulled along the fibre surface to the fabric's outer face where it spreads thin and evaporates fast. That's the whole trick, and it's why a soaked cotton tee weighs you down while a polyester jersey feels dry in minutes. Knit structure amplifies it: dot-knit's channels wick noticeably faster than flat interlock.
Which fabric for which sport?
Our defaults, tuned over thousands of orders: cricket → interlock 150+ GSM (all-day sun, hard washing); football → interlock 140–150; volleyball → four-way-stretch interlock (dives and blocks); basketball → mesh or dot-knit singlets; badminton → the lightest dot-knit we run; cycling → high-wick light interlock with stretch panels; event tees → 140 GSM dot-knit that finishers keep wearing. Every mockup we send names the fabric — and in Bangalore you can feel all of them at our stores before ordering.
Like one of these directions?
Send it to us — free mockup of your version in 24 hours, no minimum order.
Real designs from our factory
Every design below is original Xipid work — designed in-house and printed in our own Tirupur facility. Use them as starting points; we'll adapt any of them to your colours.
All designs © Xipid Sports. We never copy club kits or brand designs — and we'll make sure yours is one of a kind too.
More to explore
How sublimation works
Why the print is inside the fabric.
Care guide
Keep any fabric performing for seasons.
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