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MS Dhoni will have to swap his heavy bats for lighter ones - chairman - 07-19-2017
The Marylebone Cricket Club's new Code of Laws will be implemented from October 2017 and cricketers like MS Dhoni and Chris Gayle will have to swap their heavy bats for lighter models. The new maximum permitted dimensions of a cricket bat are 108mm in width, 67mm in depth with 40mm edges.
The thickness of Dhoni’s current bat is 45 mm, which exceeds the limit in its criteria. Hence, the former Indian cricketer will have to settle for a lighter version of his willow so as to adhere to the new set of MCC guidelines.
Australian opening batsman David Warner, as well as West Indian cricketers Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard, have 50 mm thickness to their bats. Hence, the shift to a bat with new dimensions will be more difficult for them than it will be for Dhoni, considering the bigger margin of difference.