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[gaurav23]

No it's not. But that's their point of paying Virat & ABD millions. Invariably, people will want to use it & not many here bother about the manufacturing processes. Bats are top quality too.


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[WalkingWicket37]

Did they colour outside the lines of that stamp? 

[Blaise]

Sexy bit of wood and a very nice bat. hope it serves well. Would love to hear how she performs.

[ursmasti]

Mate, this is a lovely wood mate. May I know where did you acquire this bat from? Its very rare that MRF comes with full oval handle and full profile at this weight. I has two MRFs which was 2.7 and 2.8 and they weren't full profiles.

@joymarvin  I brought this from The Crown Crickter -  https://www.facebook.com/thecrowncricketer/?fref=ts

[ursmasti]

Looks amazing! Where did you buy this from?

@littlemaster9 store called The crown cricketer in india , banagalore

[Seniorplayer]

Lovely Bat  as long as the bat as MRF on it and no other name apparently it is okay regardless of who made it

[pranav2108]

Crown  cricketer are one of the oldest in business in bangalore. I have picked up a few sticks from them and tell you that they do have some of the best sticks in bangalore

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[sanredrose]

Isn't it better to just buy these off the bat manufacturers rather than buy a restickered one, if MRF isn't adding any major value in the manufacturing process chain?

MRF is a white label brand. Professional players get plain bats from their preferred bat makers and sticker it up as MRF. I think they just get some bats made by someone to satisfy the ICC rules - "in order to sponsor a player with bats, the manufacturer should be selling similar bats in the market". This is why you would notice brands like Nike & Reebok were also flooding the market with bats when they were sponsoring some players. They seem to have vanished from the store shelfs now.

If i am not mistaken Kohli and Dhawan get their bats made by SS (custom profile) and label it as MRF. If you scroll through old pictures you can see Sachin Tendulkar's MRF bats with a SS logo or BAS logo on the edges of the bat. Gautam Ghambir was using a MRF bat and in one of the IPL matches i noticed SG logo on the bat edges.

[sanredrose]

Did they colour outside the lines of that stamp? 

MRF stickers are always a little off. A transparent design for higher end bats is desirable however the fonts and its sizing leaves a lot to be desired. If you look at the MRF bats from 2013, their stickers were simple but font and sizing were chosen very well. Now its a different story though ...