Overview
- Ayush Mhatre’s walk in at No. 3 for Chennai Super Kings paused on Friday in the CSK–Punjab Kings game when his bat failed an on-field thickness check.
- A bat gauge is a slot tool used to confirm a blade’s legal size, and it caught his bat in the opening before doing the same with a replacement and extending the delay.
- Once officials realized the gauge was upside down, Mhatre’s original bat passed and play resumed, with the teenager later reported at 23 not out off 14 balls.
- On the broadcast, Ian Bishop told viewers “The gauge was upside down,” as Michael Clarke reacted in disbelief with repeated “Oh my god” exclamations.
- Reports describe the scene as an umpiring error with no follow-up sanction, note a minor mismatch over which over Sanju Samson fell, and cite CricTracker as the outlet that named the on-field umpire.