Bhanuka Rajapaksa, a Sri Lankan batter, has made a stunning claim that Indian batters have their bats covered in a layer of rubber, which enhances their power-hitting abilities.  

Rajapaksa is known for his flamboyant batting style and has played 5 ODIs and 45 T20Is for Sri Lanka from 2019-2025. He has scored 89 runs and 744 runs respectively with four fifties in international cricket. He has had a brilliant career in T20 cricket, with 4187 runs in 225 games with a strike rate of 136.83, with one century and 17 fifties, with the best score of 100.

He played in the majority of T20 leagues like the LPL, CPL, PSL, SA20, BPL, CLT20, and even in the IPL.

Recently, Rajapaksa was in conversation with Cricwire of NewsWireLK, and he was asked about how the Indian batters have changed the power-hitting game in international cricket. Players like Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, captain Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, and Shivam Dube have changed the way India plays T20 cricket.

Rajapaksa, stunningly, claimed that Indian players have special bats that are way superior to the bats other players have. He even claimed that Indian players’ bats are coated with rubber, which sends the ball further into the crowd.

Furthermore, the bats that Indian batters use are not available for sale and are specially made.

“Indian players have bats that are far superior to the best bats we get. It feels as though a layer of rubber has been applied. I can’t imagine how that’s possible. These bats can’t even be bought by others — all players know this,” Bhanuka Rajapaksa in an interview with Cricwire of NewsWireLK.