Narine and Nortje's bats fall flat in the gage test in the PBKS vs. KKR diversion

The Narine occurrence came to begin with. Some time recently, KKR's unsuccessful chase of PBKS' 111, the bats of a few of the KKR hitters, were checked by save umpire Saiyed Khalid outside the playing field. Narine, the KKR opener, and Angkrish Raghuvanshi were standing together, and the thickest portion of Narine's bat wouldn't pass through the gauge.

Narine showed up to have a chat on the matter with Khalid, who, moreover, checked Raghuvanshi's bat, which passed the test.

Narine, who had previously returned 2 for 14 in his three overs, hit one four in his four-ball 5 within the chase. Raghuvanshi was KKR's highest scorer with 37 from 28 balls.

After KKR's chase went downhill from a solid 62 for 2 within the eighth over, Nortje was out to bat as the final man, but the bat he went out with fizzled the test carried out by the on-field umpires Mohit Krishnadas and Saidharshan Kumar, agreeing with TV commentators.

The Nortje occurrence took place at the beginning of the 16th over of KKR's innings. The amusement was stopped as substitute Rahmanullah Gurbaz came out carrying spare bats for Nortje. The substitution bat passed the test, but Nortje did not get to utilize it, as Andre Russell was bowled quickly after.

This was Nortje's first coordinate of IPL 2025 as he made a much-awaited return from the back harm that he had endured amid the SA20. With the ball, he returned figures of 1 for 23 from his three overs.

In the past, bat checks were carried out inside the dressing room but on Sunday, amid the Rajasthan Royals (RR) vs. Illustrious Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) amusement and the Delhi Capitals (DC) vs. Mumbai Indians (MI) game, the checks were being carried out on the field of play. Agreeing to the rules, the width of the bat front ought not to surpass 10.79cm, the thickness of the edge shouldn't be more than 6.7cm, and the width of the edge of the bat cannot be more than 4cm. The length of the bat ought to not surpass 96.4cm.