Cricket Bats over the years have faced a massive change. Initially, it had followed two rules. Firstly, it should be a Kashmir willow or an English willow. Secondly, the dimensions will be 956 mm*108mm. But now a days, the bats are customized according to the needs of the batsmen. Bats have carbon reinforced fabric polymer down the bat, size of handles are varied, bats are weighing less when compared to the bats used in1990’s etc. Also the bat manufacturers are making bats according to the trend. Here are some of the best cricket bat manufacturers the game have ever seen.
Gary Nicollas
Country: England
Founded: 1876
Players using the Bats: Alastair Cook, JP Duminy, David Warner, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Kane Williamson, George Bailey, James Faulkner
Gunn & Moore
Country: England
Founded: 1885
Players using the Bats: Shane Watson, Ross Taylor, Joe Root, Faf du Plessis, Corey Anderson
Kokkaburra
Country: Australia
Founded: 1890
Players using the Bats: AB de Villiers, Ian Bell, Jos Buttler, Martin Guptill, Glenn Maxwell
Puma
Country: Germany
Founded: 1990
Players using the Bats: Brendon McCullam, Yuvraj Singh, Marlon Samuels
Adidas
Country: Germany
Founded: 2003
Players using the Bats: Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Kevin Pietersen, Stuart Broad
MRF
Country: India
Founded: 1980’s
Players using the Bats: Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan
Sunny Greens
Country: India
Founded: 1931
Players using the Bats: Cheteshwar Pujara
Sunridges
Country: India
Founded: 1970’s
Players using the Bats: Denesh Ramdin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Dinesh Karthick
Spartans
Country: Australia
Founded: 2011
Players using the Bats: MS Dhoni, Chris Gayle, Michael Clarke, Darren Bravo
Slazenger
Country: England
Founded: 1881
Players using the Bats: Steven Smith, James Anderson, Jacques Kallis
Special Mention: Mongoose Bats
Dennis Lille used an Aluminium bat in 1971 for power hitting and set the trend. Following his trend, bat manufacturers Mongoose unveiled a customary bat for the Twenty20 format. The bat has a very long handle with a short blade and helps the batsman to score MORE FOURS AND SIXES.
