IPL 2025: When Hardik Pandya came to bat against Delhi Capitals, the umpire examined his bat with a special thing. Hardik Pandya could bat only after the umpire checked the bat. But why and for what? Let us tell you the reason behind this.

In this match at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, Mumbai Indians scored 205 runs while batting first. Rohit Sharma was dismissed by scoring 18 runs, Ryan Ricelton scored an important innings of 41 runs in 25 balls. After this, Suryakumar Yadav scored 40 in 28 balls and Tilak Verma scored an explosive innings of 59 runs in 33 balls. Mumbai as Surya got the third blow on a score of 135, after which captain Hardik Pandya came to batting.

Umpire Checked Hardik Pandya Bat Before He Came to Bat Today
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Why did the umpire check Hardik Pandya’s bat?

When Hardik came to bat, the umpire investigated whether the size of his bat is according to the IPL rules or not. If this did not happen, then trouble would have arisen for them. According to the rules, the width of the bat should not exceed 4.25 inches (or 10.8 cm). The edge should be 1.56 inch (or 4.0 cm) and depth should be up to 2.64 inches (6.7 cm). The umpire passes through a tool and checks whether the bat is according to these instructions or not.

Large scores are being seen in IPL. The umpires are strictly following this rules. The umpires investigate whether the batsmen are going against the rules and taking unfair benefits. Somewhere the batsmen are not using more wide or thick bat.

By the way, Hardik Pandya is not the first player, whose bat has been checked by the umpire in this way. In the first match played on Sunday before him, the bat of Phil Salt and Shimron Hetmyer was also checked by the umpire.

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Chasing 205 runs, Delhi Capitals collapsed for 193 runs, although Karun Nair (89) was batting, Mumbai Indians lagged behind in the match. After her dismissal, Mumbai dominated the match again. Karan Sharma took 3 important wickets, he was adjudged Player of the Match. This is Mumbai’s second win and Delhi’s first defeat this season.