Are the batsmen cheating in IPL 2025? After all, why does the umpire have to check again and again?: Discover more

In IPL 2025, many best players have won the hearts of fans by performing strongly. There are many batsmen who have batted brilliantly this season and have put pressure on the bowlers of the opposing team.

However, in IPL 2025, it is also seen that during the match, umpires are checking the bat of batsmen. All the cricket fans are quite surprised to see why the field umpires have taken this decision. Actually, all this happens inside the dressing room, but now the umpires are doing this on the middle ground.

The same was seen during the Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings match played on 15 April. During the innings of the Panjab Kings, the umpires checked the bat of Enark Norkhiya. Not only this, the umpires also saw Sunil Narayan’s bat. Earlier, this has also been seen in IPL 2025.

BCCI also presented its side with this thing

BCCI secretary Arun Dhumal said, ‘Nobody should feel that anyone has got unfair benefits. The BCCI and IPL have always taken all the initiatives in this direction to maintain the fairness of the game. We have used the maximum technique to ensure that all decisions can be reviewed so that sports do not have an inappropriate effect. The idea behind this initiative is to ensure that the soul of the game remains.

The width of the bat is limited to 4.25 inches (10.8 cm), the maximum depth is 2.64 inches (6.7 cm) and the edge should not exceed 1.56 inches (4.0 cm). The handle should not exceed 52% of the total length of the bat. The thickness of the covering material is limited to 0.04 inches (0.1 cm), and the thickness of any to -protection should not exceed 0.12 inches (0.3 cm). Additionally, the bat should easily pass through the official bat gauge.

According to the rules, the bats of two opening batsmen will be checked by the fourth umpire, when they enter the field, while two officers on the field cross-batsmen. Earlier, the bat test was done before the day of the match, but the flaw was exposed after some players returned with different bats the next day.