The art of bat making
Sachin Tendulkar, in a lunch time chat with Dean Jones, talked about his equipment
The Surfer
25-Feb-2013
Sachin Tendulkar, in a lunch time chat with Dean Jones, talked about his equipment. Apparently he carries 8 pairs of gloves and 6 bats on tour. The main criterion of picking his bats was the feel of it. "I go by how it feels when I pick up a bat and the shape of it" He just doesn't stop there, scrapes the bottom of the bat handle, and has it tailor made for him. This brings me to this fascinating article by Sunil Gavaskar on bats.
At the highest level apart from the weight, pick up, balance, the grains on the bat face are important. The closer the grains and if they are about 14 to 18 grains then the longer the bat should last and that is what the professionals will use, especially those who do not have bat contracts. Otherwise in terms of stroke-making, the ideal number of grains on the bat should be about 8 to 10 and nicely and evenly spaced the better.