India, April 14 -- The Indian Premier League has taken power-hitting to a different level since last especially. Last year, we saw Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma run riot for SRH, and then other teams followed suit. IPL 2025 has been the same, and teams have built on the power-hitting template from last season. So fans were left with questions when Hardik Pandya's bat was checked by the umpire as he arrived at the crease during the DC vs MI run-chase on Sunday in New Delhi.

The MI skipper came in to bat at No. 5 after the dismissal of Suryakumar Yadav, and then the umpire checked the width of his bat with a device, to see if it was within the guidelines.

The umpire was using a gauge to check Hardik's bat's width and i...