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
Unreal aura pic.twitter.com/tv1pm0yngm

– `(@sneha4kohli) April 13, 2025

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.

DC vs mi match condition

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.

Delhi dust story IPL 2025: There was a severe storm in many areas of Delhi NCR on Friday evening. Along with dust storm, drizzle has also taken place in some places. The players of Mumbai Indians are currently in Delhi. The match will be played between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians at Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday. Meanwhile, a video of Rohit Sharma has surfaced. In this, they are seen shouting the players.

Actually Mumbai Indians have shared a video on X. This is a video of Arun Jaitley Stadium. In this, the players of Mumbai are seen running from the ground and coming towards the pavilion. As soon as the storm comes, Rohit players were seen moving the movement as ‘comeback … comeback’. The players and staff of the team, including Lasith Malinga and Shardul Thakur, were seen running towards Rohit. Rohit left everyone in a storm and called back.

Mumbai players trapped in the storm –

There was a severe storm in Delhi. During this time, the players of Mumbai were practicing in the stadium, then suddenly there was a strong wind and then there was a thunderstorm. Even some hoardings of Delhi Capitals were uprooted. The players of Mumbai were trapped in the storm. But everyone escaped towards the pavilion.

Straight out of a Movie#Mumbaiindians #Playlikemumbai #Tataipl #DCVMI pic.twitter.com/tv7j3ilf9v

– Mumbai Indians (@MipalTan) April 11, 2025

Mumbai’s very poor performance in this season –

Hardik Pandya’s captaincy team has a very disappointing performance in this season. Mumbai has played 5 matches and won only one match. He is currently at number eight in the points table. Mumbai has been defeated by Lucknow, Bangalore, Chennai and Gujarat Titans.

Surya scored the most runs for Mumbai –

Suryakumar Yadav has scored the most runs for Mumbai this season so far. Surya has scored 199 runs in 5 matches. He has scored only one half -century during this period. Tilak Verma has scored 151 runs in 5 matches.

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