Ayush Mhatre pulled up for bat test, umpire’s error sparks bizarre chain of events; Clarke stunned: ‘Oh my god’

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Meanwhile, co-commentator Michael Clarke exclaimed, "Oh my god!"

The former Aussie player continued, "Oh my god!"

Clarke's reaction perfectly summed up the sequence of events in a world-class cricket tournament like the Indian Premier League.

The incident also left fans in stitches. Reacting to the incident, one fan wrote on X, "LOL...Umpire put the gauge to measure the bat thickness upside down and it didn't pass through Ayush Mhatre's bat. Sub ran in to give two more bats and those didn't go through either before the ump realises he's putting it upside down. Original bat passes then Ultimate."

"A funny drama happened at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Umpire reviewed Ayush Mhatre's bats with the Upside down device which made him call for the next bat but later the umpire smiled for his foolishness. finally All good. Things happened by the umpires as well," another fan added.

There have been some controversial bat-test incidents in the past, such as in 2026, when Rahul Tewatia was forced to change his bat after it failed the on-field gauge test before he could face a single ball. In the past, even Sunil Narine, Anrich Nortje and Andre Russell have failed bat tests.

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