MONGOOSE BAT-CRICKET

Mongoose bat is a bat used for power hitting. This was the bat which was designed by the engineers for big hitting quite easily. The basic structure of this is bat is same as mongoose and hence it is called mongoose bat. As mongoose have tall tail and small body the bat would also have less hitting area and the handle would be more. This bat was introduce in IPL 3 for scoring quick runs. This bat was found to be legal by Marylebone cricket club and also the IPL Organizers. Three players were legally allowed to play with this bat. Two players of Australia are allowed and one from southafrica is allowed. Hayden of Chennai super kings , symonds of Deccan chargers and Grame smith of Rajasthan Royals are allowed to play with this bat.

The bat consists of lengthy handle and small area for hitting. As the bat is small it increases the power up to 30%. The mongoose bat consists of two kinds. One having lengthy handle and other appears to be normal bat. The lengthy handle mongoose bat have more power than the normal mongoose bat. The cost of normal mongoose bat is 17,000 and lengthy handle bat is found to be 23,000 as it produces much power and makes easy to play convenient shots.

Hayden was the first man to play with IPL and it came against Deccan chargers. The first couple of games played by Hayden with this bat was not so impressive but the match against Delhi where he scored quick 93 runs was so impressive and found to be the bat of "T20". He started well against Bangalore but before he makes to high score he was run out.

The difference can be found between two bats from the below pictures.

LENGTHY HANDLED BAT










NORMAL MONGOOSE BAT









Mangoose bat was introduce in India on 11th of march and the first game was played on 13 th of march in which Mathew Hayden used lengthy handled mongoose bat against Deccan chargers. Just a swing over makes the ball to disappear he (Hayden) said in his interview. The bat was shaped well just like a mongoose and the power of this bat is extremely high he added to his speech. He also added this bat would make him play better than his playing using normal bat.