IPL 2025: Riyan Parag’s bat was checked during the match but why?

During the match, Riyan Parag’s bat was checked with a bat width measuring device, but the bat could not pass the width measuring device.

A new rule has been added in IPL 2025 by the BCCI and IPL authorities that every player who comes to bat on the field will have to observe the map of one and a half bats. If the map of the bat is not correct, then the bat will have to be changed, or a fine will be paid.

According to the new rules in IPL 2025, the bat must be 4.25 inches wide, 2.64 inches deep and 1.56 inches wide, otherwise the bat cannot be used in IPL 2025.
The reason behind this rule is so that batters do not get too much advantage by breaking the BCCI laws, so that a transparent atmosphere is maintained in the game.

In IPL 2025, checking the bat of every batsman has become a common practice; it was not there earlier, but the BCCE has considered it necessary to check the bat to maintain the transparency of the game. Earlier, Sunil Narine and Anrich Nortje’s bats could not pass the bat willow from the umpire’s bat gauge, so the bat was not allowed. Yesterday, in the Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Riyan Parag’s bat gauge was getting stuck repeatedly. Riyan Parag, however, uses a heavy bat to bat. Coach Rahul Dravid did not look very happy about that incident.

One commentator jokingly said, “You checked my bat in the dressing room, why are you checking it again?”

Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Daniel Vettori says that the IPL umpires measuring bats with batting gauges seems to make a big difference and he feels that he should have some consistency in his playing time.
He laughs and says, “If only they had tested bats when I was playing.
No, I don’t think it would make much difference, umpires go through the dressing room a lot, so they know that their bats are suitable.
Daniel Vettori is not very keen on reducing the size of the bat.
Not really. I think the way bats have been able to get bigger without increasing the weight is a matter of skill (claims of achievement) of the bat manufacturers and the demands of the batting group or batsmen these days,” he says.
He adds, “I don’t really think that we are going to reduce the size of the bats, it’s part of the game, part of the evolution that needs to be accepted.”