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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: wasted_talent on November 29, 2016, 01:10:55 PM
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Just wondering if we have determined who makes the CEAT cricket bats? As used by Rohit Sharma
I notice some have become available on the market.
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They have Ceat stickers, so must be made by Ceat... ;)
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Haha, if only it were that simple :)
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My money is on MRF :D
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haha, might be money wisely spent in that case
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Can't wait for michelin to come out with a cricket bat now
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Heard that MRF uses three manufacturers - RNS, SS and KG. Which model comes from where not sure. Even the retailers don't have that precise info ( or they don't want give that out).
Ceat also has similar options.
For a T20 indian side
It's
ceat - rohit
Mrf - shikhar
Ceat - ajinkaya
Mrf - kohli
Spartan - dhoni
RNS - hardik
Hero - ashwin
So mainly all these non manufacturers leading the team branding.
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hmmmm.............i think its a simple rule, whichever batmaker the player prefers. They just stick the sticker. player gets the bat made from their preferred batmaker and just stick the sticker. no hard and fast rule.
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Can't wait for michelin to come out with a cricket bat now
I bet the grip would be awesome!
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I bet the grip would be awesome!
Softs would be bulky though.
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Heard that MRF uses three manufacturers - RNS, SS and KG. Which model comes from where not sure. Even the retailers don't have that precise info ( or they don't want give that out).
Ceat also has similar options.
For a T20 indian side
It's
ceat - rohit
Mrf - shikhar
Ceat - ajinkaya
Mrf - kohli
Spartan - dhoni
RNS - hardik
Hero - ashwin
So mainly all these non manufacturers leading the team branding.
Interesting! a wide variety of makers for MRF. And CEAT possibly the same
Must make it hard to have any consistency in the bats!
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CEAT are quite open in the fact that they're only in cricket bats to abide by ICC regs, as they had to file a change of business - which said as much
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hmmmm.............i think its a simple rule, whichever batmaker the player prefers. They just stick the sticker. player gets the bat made from their preferred batmaker and just stick the sticker. no hard and fast rule.
I fully agree! In reality, MRF never wanted to make bats for bulk market but after watching Sachin bat with MRF stickers, there was a massive demand for MRF bats and eventually they had to start contracting bat manufacturers to actually produce MRF bats. The last I have seen is that now they even have MRF stamp burned on the edges as well.
So here was a company who wanted to sponsor someone from promoting their tyres eventually ended up making bats since there was that much demand!
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Heard that MRF uses three manufacturers - RNS, SS and KG. Which model comes from where not sure. Even the retailers don't have that precise info ( or they don't want give that out).
I am not sure if MRF uses SS. Most of the MRF Genius LE bats seem to have a big profile but rather a very skinny handle. Despite adding more than 2 grips, the handle doesn't feel thick enough. Never faced this problem with SS though ...
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For a T20 indian side
It's
ceat - rohit
Mrf - shikhar
Ceat - ajinkaya
Mrf - kohli
Spartan - dhoni
RNS - hardik
Hero - ashwin
So mainly all these non manufacturers leading the team branding.
This is a case in a lot of international team.
Most of NZ seem to be NB now, England a mix of NB and Adidas, Australia are getting NB heavy.
A few years ago I posted about whether the days of the traditional makers would be finished at the top level.
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This is a case in a lot of international team.
Most of NZ seem to be NB now, England a mix of NB and Adidas, Australia are getting NB heavy.
A few years ago I posted about whether the days of the traditional makers would be finished at the top level.
Except NB are an actual entity within cricket, so in their case this doesn't really apply - they've actually made a proper go of it compared to the likes of Nike etc
But obviously, when it comes to the likes of CEAT/MRF then it's purely a marketing exercise for a completely non-cricketing related company.
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But they are a major sports brand who have taken a business decision to enter cricket. They are different in that sense from Grays/GM/Slazenger in that respect.
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interesting discussion....companies like Nike dont really go into these things half hearted it seems...look at their golf and the r & d they put into the clubs (I'm assuming!)
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have to say though, I dont like companies doing things like this with the seeing up new companies so they can put their stickers on someone elses tools! What other industry allows this?!
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have to say though, I dont like companies doing things like this with the seeing up new companies so they can put their stickers on someone elses tools! What other industry allows this?!
Fashion, Electronics, Car manufacturing, Food, Software - the list goes on
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Source i have said that SG are making the top ones for CEAT, unsure about the low end models
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The top of the range hitmans I have came with the full manufacturing sticker by ZX sporting.
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The top of the range hitmans I have came with the full manufacturing sticker by ZX sporting.
I wonder if they do Ulysses as well, there seems to be some link.
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I purchased a lower end one just to see what they are like, handle is nice, profile is lovely but the finishing on the bat was as bad as I've seen and the stickers are as cheap and nasty as could be. Response is decent enough though. No idea where it was made, but I probably wouldn't bother with the lower end models.
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How do you like the Hitman?
Extremely massive bats for the weight with very good pickup due to the high middles.
The ones I have have 44-45mm edges, I suggest to look around and pickout the particularly special ones from their batches as the newer batches seem a lot more standard with the approximate ~40mm edges and weighing 2.11-2.12 compared to the previous batch which had worse grains ala Kabooms but were a lot thicker and lighter.
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Makes you wonder what the pro's are using if these guy's have all their bats.
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This is a case in a lot of international team.
Most of NZ seem to be NB now, England a mix of NB and Adidas, Australia are getting NB heavy.
A few years ago I posted about whether the days of the traditional makers would be finished at the top level.
They will still make the pro's bats but they will be stickered up
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I bet the grip would be awesome!
Spoke to a big brand bat maker once and he made a version of an old school Hunts County reflex with a rubber insert instead of the air pocket. Not match bat legal so it was a net bat but it flew - but heavy he said!
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I wonder if they do Ulysses as well, there seems to be some link.
Wrong Hitman?
http://onlinestockist.com/CEAT-HITMAN-English-Willow-Cricket-Bat-Select-Willow-2017-P5668419.aspx (http://onlinestockist.com/CEAT-HITMAN-English-Willow-Cricket-Bat-Select-Willow-2017-P5668419.aspx)
Definitely a link between Ulysses and Hitman brands
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Wrong Hitman?
[url]http://onlinestockist.com/CEAT-HITMAN-English-Willow-Cricket-Bat-Select-Willow-2017-P5668419.aspx[/url] ([url]http://onlinestockist.com/CEAT-HITMAN-English-Willow-Cricket-Bat-Select-Willow-2017-P5668419.aspx[/url])
Definitely a link between Ulysses and Hitman brands
My bad.
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(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4162/34049407880_d47b8cf7aa_c.jpg)
You get bats with those kinds of blemishes from MSR for like £40-60. :-[ It does look a good shape and sure, the uncovered parts look good, but shame about the parts under the sticker. :(
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@DorsetDan how much did you pay for it?
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Well done with the photos Dan.....yours was the only one that exists chap! ;)
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Considering that hitman seems to be their top of the range bat, very surprised at the willow under the stickers. Was tempted to get one earlier but after seeing this, I would stay clear..
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Perhaps it was graded on performance... ;)
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The profile is great and the rebound of a ball even when new/ sound off a mallet is probably the best I've seen. So in many ways this particular one is a great bat but I couldn't get past the "blemish" and was hoping for the promised monster size. Handle is quite round too which in hindsight probably wouldn't have been the best for me either so I'm not too unhappy with the outcome.
In case anyone is curious there are two places to get these in the UK and if I were to give one a shot again I would try EAS next time ;)
A lot of people have mixed opinions on eas but Hanif seems to get good bats from brands that could otherwise be more hit and miss .I was , at one time , tempted to get a hitman and basically i was willing to pay more to get it from eas , rather than ols or somewhere similar . In the end i got over my ceat fetish , and your pics helped to a large degree - i suppose that i was temporarily attracted to the promised massive sized bats .
I keep meaning to do a post on the 2 c.a big bangs i got off Hanif ( c.a ...a good example , one of my favourite brands , great when you get the good ones , not worthy of kindling when you don't ) , they are the two pingiest bats I've ever pinged - 2lb6.5 and 2lb7 but ping basically the same as my 2lb10oz xp80s . If I ever did get tempted by a brand like ceat , mrf etc , then I'd likely get the bat from eas .
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CA and other asian brands are handpicked by someone local in india/pakistan for Hanif. Never heard anything bad regarding quality of bats or his customer service.
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ZX sporting makes CEAT bats in India. They also make some MRF grand edition bats.
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ZX sporting makes CEAT bats in India. They also make some MRF grand edition bats.
Today They have officially launched Ajinkya Rahane
Signature edition Jinx ..... photo of Same is available
On his personal page on instagram ..... as per info available bats
Are prototypes of bats as use by players in terms of Shape and quality
Hitman Rohit Sharma edition has been moved up the order to elite edition of bats.