They are also heavy, a result of having to share a full-sized bat with his brother when he was a kid.To put that in context, the bat used by 193cm West Indies great Clive Lloyd - who was renowned for using a gigantic heavy bat - weighed 3 pounds, 4 ounces. Tendulkar is 165cm.
'Now he's gone a little bit lighter. But he still likes a big, thick, heavy bat, much heavier than, say, Ponting's bat.
'The bat Tendulkar uses now is 2lb 12oz.'
