Sachin tendulkar which bat

Afridi walked out to bat at No. Afridi took center stage and belted 11 sixes and six fours en route to scoring the then-fastest century with, as it turns out, with a bat that Tendulkar gifted. He learned a delivery from the great Abdul Qadir — the ball that drifts in and hits your pads.

So that was a great World Cup [for him] and he was batting great as well. It turns out that the bat Afridi plundered off 40 balls with was not his. Share Via. Hindustan Times, Delhi By hindustantimes. Get our Daily News Capsule Subscribe. But when it comes to bats, size matters. A lot. The rules that govern bat dimensions are kept by the Marylebone Cricket Club, as they have been since , and are followed by the ICC and all affiliated organisations.

So, does Tendulkar's bat fit the regulations? Short of waiting outside the India dressing room for the coast to clear, running in with tape and taking a measurement, getting the exact numbers is a bit tricky.

But suddenly last week a lead appeared and at least something of an explanation. It's the thick edges that make it look bigger. They are also heavy, a result of having to share a full-sized bat with his brother when he was a kid.

To put that in context, the bat used by cm West Indies great Clive Lloyd - who was renowned for using a gigantic heavy bat - weighed 3 pounds, 4 ounces. Tendulkar is cm. Only Lance Klusener of South Africa used a heavier bat than this.

Many experts wondered why Tendulkar did not switch to a lighter bat to help his cause. Again, I did try but I never felt comfortable, as my whole bat swing depended on that weight. What mattered to me most when I was batting was feeling comfortable. As long as I felt comfortable, it didn't matter where I was playing or who I was playing against.

Tendulkar had also spoken about it in this video which was shared on his official page on Facebook , although this explanation was a lot simpler than what was mentioned in his own book.

It is quite clear that Sachin felt very comfortable with his bat weight, having grown up playing with heavy bats from the beginning of his career. And his results and records are proof of the success of his methods. Some experts like Spiro Zivos, a long time editorial writer on Sydney Morning Herald, commented that if Sachin had switched to lighter bats, he would have had even more success.

The bat Tendulkar uses is just too heavy to get up and then through with his cross bat to deal with the shorter deliveries. Unlike say Brian Lara or Don Bradman, Tendulkar does not make a huge number of massive double centuries. No matter what anyone thinks about the weight of Sachin's bat, it is safe to say that the Little Master was totally right about what is best for him.

He used his own brilliant technique to make the most of a 'supposed' hindrance in his game, in the process becoming possibly the greatest batsman to have ever graced the game since Sir Don Bradman.

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