In the match played between Punjab Kings and KKR in IPL 2025, Sunil Naren, Andre Russell and Enark Northern failed in the investigation. These three players are part of KKR’s team. In the 31st match of the IPL, on Tuesday, reserve umpire Syed Khalid checked opener Naren after the Kolkata Knight Riders’ innings began. During the investigation, the width of the bat was passed by a gauge. His bat failed to cross the thick part of the gauge.
During this, Khalid also looked at the bat of Raghuvanshi standing with Narayan. Raghuvanshi’s bat passed in this investigation. Narayan, who took two wickets for 14 runs in three overs during the first innings, scored five runs in four balls in his innings. At the same time, Raghuvanshi was the top scorer by scoring 37 runs in 28 balls from KKR. When Andre Russell came to bat against Punjab Kings in the 11th over, umpire Caisudarshan Kumar tested and the bat could not pass.
KKR landed as the last batsman from KKR but the bat he landed was sent back, as according to TV commentators, his bat failed in the investigation of umpires Mohit Krishnadas and Caisudarshan Kumar. The incident took place in the 16th over, after which the Subsitut Rahmanaullah Gurbaz brought an additional bat for the knot. However, he could not play a single ball with this bat, Andre Russell, standing on the strike, was bowled out on the next ball.
Before this season, the bat was not examined during the match. The umpires used to test only on the eve of the match but this could have benefited the days of the match and could play with a separate bat, due to which it is being investigated during the match this season.
What is the rule?
It is noteworthy that according to the rules, the width of the bat face should not exceed 4.25 inches. The middle part of the bat cannot exceed 2.64 inches. Most of the edge width cannot exceed 1.56 inches. The length of the bat cannot exceed 38 inches up to the base on the top of the handle.
