Announced: Shimron Hetmyer Phil Salt’s bat was checked by the referee on the field at RR VS RCB IPL 2025 Clash

Shimron Hetmyer and Phil Salt’s bat size was checked by the referee | Courtesy – Screengrab (Jio Hotstar)
Key Important Points
- Shimron Hetmyer’s bat size was checked by the referee
- RR hosts RCB in the first home match of IPL 2025
- There was a big debate in the British district championship last season
After the fall of Yashasvi Jaiswal’s small gate in the last ball of 16, he walked to the bat at number for Hetmyyer Royals and was looking for a quick finish for Dhruv Jurel. However, while the referee Hetmyer’s bat size was within the boundaries, a bat gaudge took a short stop.
Later, the referee repeated the procedure with the star opening dough Phil Salt before RCB’s Inning.
The decision of the West Indian Islands in the field to control the star bat size was to check whether the league meets the rules of sanctions within the game conditions. The law of IPL’s game conditions according to 5.7 –
- “The total length of the bat will not be more when the lower part of the stem is placed,
38 inch/96.52 cm.
- The bat knife should not exceed the following dimensions:
- Width: 4.25in / 10.8 cm
- Depth: 2.64in / 6.7 cm
- Edges: 1.56in / 4.0cm.
- In addition, 1.6 paragraphs should be able to pass through a bat indicator as described in 1.6.
- The handle should not exceed 52% of the total length of the bat.
- Materials permitted to cover the knife in Article 5.4.1
thickness.
- The maximum permitted protective material thickness placed on the foot finger of the knife is 0.12.
/0.3 cm, ”
What is Shimron Hetmyer’s bat test?
In today’s match, Hetmyer’s bat test passed. IPL is not mentioned in the game conditions of a point penalty, and it is possible to change the bat if the RR star does not meet the arrangements of the stick.