Cricket has become one of the most popular and lucrative games globally. It is the next most popular sport after football. Today, it has become a batsman-dominated game. Anyone can easily hit the ball out of the ground due to the well-built bats. Many manufacturers offer their products on a global level. Hence, every cricketer now has a deal for their bats. Owing to this increasing demand for bats, the prices of bats have also increased. Following are the top 10 most expensive bats used by cricketers.

10. Stanford Cricket (SF)

Stanford Cricket is a sports equipment company located in Meerut. It manufactures a very basic English willow cricket bat, sold for around 16000 rupees per piece. The company currently sponsors Eoin Morgan, Joseph Liam Denly, Dinesh Chandimal, Dwayne Smith, Jason Holder, Milinda Siriwardana, Danushka Gunathilaka, Jason Holder, Tymal Mills, Lendl Simmons, and Mohit Sharma.

9. New Balance (NB)

New Balance is an American Sports Company founded in 1906. In 2017, New Balance signed a deal with the England & Wales Cricket Board to become a kit supplier of their teams. The highest price of the bat is rupees 16000 per piece. They sponsor some cricketers like Pat Cummins, Steve Smith, Jason Roy, Mitchell Starc, Joe Root, Jos Buttler, Trent Boult, Mitchell Santner.

8. Beat All Sports (BAS)

Beat All Sports is one of the oldest cricket equipment companies. It got founded by D. R. Kohli and M. R. Kohli in Sialkot (Pakistan) in 1935. BAS provides a significant number of equipment in various sports such as Cricket, Hockey, Handball, Football, Volleyball, Rugby, and Netball. Their bats have priced the maximum of Rs.13000 per piece. Currently, the company sponsors Hashim Amla, Angelo Mathews, Alviro Peterson, Albie Morkel, Darren Sammy, and Harmanpreet Kaur.

7. Gunn And Moore (GM)

Gunn & Moore is a sports equipment company founded in 1885 based in Colwick, England. It supplies mainly to the cricketers from New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, England, Bangladesh, and India. The company is known for its bats made with modern technology (CAD and CAM). The maximum price of their bat is rupees 18000 per piece. Currently, G.M. has endorsement deals with Quinton de Kock, Ben Stokes, Ross Taylor, Corey Anderson, Stephen Cook, Aiden Markram, James Vince, and Travis Head.

6. Gray-Nicolls

Gray-Nicolls is a British cricket equipment and apparel brand company. It was founded in 1855 and used to produce racket equipment. But later, in 1876, it shifted to a cricket equipment company. The most famous willow of the bat is Shockwave. It currently sponsors Shaun Marsh, Kraigg Brathwaite, Kane Williamson, Peter Nevill, Karun Nair, Matt Henry, Alex Hales, Cameron White, Chris Lynn, Chris Woakes, Matt Renshaw, and Shaheen Afridi. The bat used by Kane Williamson costs Rs.40000.

5. Spartan Sports

Spartan Sports is an Australian sports manufacturing company for many games such as Cricket, Rugby, Football, Touch Football, Volleyball, Basketball, and Netball. It has a unique way of signing endorsements with players. Spartan signs a long-term deal with a vast amount of money. Currently, they sponsor Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Chris Gayle, David Warner, and Jonny Bairstow. MS Dhoni’sparticular piece costs rupees 37000.

4. Sanspareil Greenlands (SG)

Sanspareil Greenlands is an Indian cricket equipment manufacturer. In 1931, brothers Kedarnath and Dwarakanath Anand established an S.G. company in Sialkot. They export cricketing goods to Australia, New Zealand, England, and South Africa. Currently, they sponsor Shane Watson, Shakib Al Hasan, Evin Lewis, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Cheteshwar Pujara, Mayank Agarwal, and Rashid Khan. The maximum price of their bat is Rs.60000.

3. Sareen Sports (SS)

Sareen Sports Industries is an Indian sports goods manufacturing company. It got founded by N.K. Sareen in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, in 1969. Today, S.S. is one of the most popular cricket equipment factories globally. They produce bats that cost up to Rs.41000. Dinesh Karthik, Kedar Jadhav, Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Shehzad, Mahmudullah, Moeen Ali, Manish Pandey, Ravindra Jadeja, Colin de Grandhomme, Kieron Pollard, Thisara Perera, Denesh Ramdin, and Ambati Rayuduare among the players who have endorsed them.

2. Kookaburra

Kookaburra is an Australian sports equipment company. It mainly manufactures goods for cricket and hockey. Their bats and balls are the best because they are handcrafted. Their top models are Kahuna, Fever, Obsidian, Ghost, XLR8, Blaze, and Surge. The maximum price of their bat is Rs.43000. Currently, Kookaburra sponsors Shikhar Dhawan, Martin Guptill, Tom Latham, Glenn Maxwell, Tim Paine, Alex Carey, Usman Khawaja, and many other cricketers.

1. Madras Rubber Factory (MRF)

MRF is an Indian multinational tire manufacturing company that also produces sports equipment. They are the best bat manufacturers. The maximum price of the bats is over Rs.45000.Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar are the two legends that MRF has sponsored. They always have world-class players as endorsers. Currently, MRF invests in Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, and several other cricketers.