How to Choose Proper Length of a Cricket Bat

Bat Size Guide: Size for Cricket Bats

Junior or senior cricket players face problems with choosing the right cricket bat. Cricketers also face problems with their height, like a junior 15 years old players height 4ft + and chooses a small bat and a youth players height below 4ft and the player choose a lengthy bat, choosing the bat with the right height and width is very important for the batsman.

Batsman height decides the suitable length of the bat. With the good size of cricket, bat batsmen feel more comfortable on the pitch. An unsuitable length can reduce a batsman's performance and feel physically and mentally unstable.

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Cricket Bat Weights 


Cricket bat made with English Willow or Kashmiri Willow Cricket bat Weights is important for choosing shots, power, running between the wicket, etc.

From the beginning, cricket players used Willow wood for making Bats and continues. Bat carpenters ready the bat covered by oils and sell it to the customers. Some Cricketers take the license and burnished the bat with oil.

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Bat Weights in Cricket : 

There are two types of Bat Weights in Cricket
1. Heavyweight Cricket Bat
2. Lightweight Cricket Bat


Length is the most important thing about cricket bats, but bat Weights are important too. There is no law for bat weights, a bat comes in 2lb to 3lb. Batsman decided that he or she used a heavy bat or lightweight bat. 
Some cricketers comfortable with heavyweight bats like Sachin Tendulkar, Chris Gayle, MS Dhoni, and some others like Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Maxwell are used to lightweight bats.

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1. Heavyweight Cricket Bat: Some players in Cricket likely used to Heavyweight bat like Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Chris Gayle, etc

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Heavyweight Cricket Bat Advantage : 

i / It's takes less power than a lightweight bat, with the heavyweight bat batsman easily playing big shorts and drives. 
ii / Heavyweight Cricket bat is best to bat for short-term games like IPL, BBL, PSL, T20 WC, etc. In the shortest format of cricket batsman needs running Boundaries and over boundaries.
iii / With a heavyweight bat if a batsman hits the ball with the edge the ball can cross the boundary line.

Lightweight Cricket Bat: batsman should start with a lightweight bat. With a lightweight bat, players can make a brilliant short, players can play shots in 360°.

Lightweight Cricket Bat Advantage

i / Batsman can play new and innovative shorts with lightweight bats.
ii /Batsman can play pull shot easily with the lightweight bat. 
iii/ less injury than Heavyweight Cricket bat.

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