Why India's $12 Million Cricket Bat Industry Is Fueled By UK Trees | So Expensive | Business Insider

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  • @occamraiser
    @occamraiser 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +213

    I just watched a 13 minute video about cricket bats.... and feel it was 13 minutes well spent :) Thanks.

  • @Tazinio01
    @Tazinio01 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +595

    He goes around giving trees the hug of death.

    • @R-Beats11
      @R-Beats11 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      😂

    • @boohere2
      @boohere2 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      That's sad!!

    • @moinnawazfarooqui
      @moinnawazfarooqui 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Ohh so that means we should even stop using furnitures at home

    • @paulrishi1
      @paulrishi1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@moinnawazfarooquiyes we can use metal or bamboo prducts as bamboo can grow much faster and cheaper as well

    • @jamesclarkmaxwell-v2n
      @jamesclarkmaxwell-v2n 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      cricket nations are increasing

  • @imviiku
    @imviiku 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +750

    I am pretty sure the Cricket bat industry is more than mere $12 million in India

    • @geraldmurphy321
      @geraldmurphy321 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +116

      800 bats x 1000 dollars x 365 days = 292 million from this manufacturer alone

    • @bondnikunj
      @bondnikunj 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      ​. Plz do business and you would understand its not that simple.

    • @lazyguy4825
      @lazyguy4825 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

      @@geraldmurphy321 how the fuk is one bat 1000 dollars?

    • @tarunbora9469
      @tarunbora9469 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      Some are 1000$ and some aren't

    • @deepankdobhal1656
      @deepankdobhal1656 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

      @@geraldmurphy321 not every bat costs 1000 dollars .

  • @whatshappenedhere1784
    @whatshappenedhere1784 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +199

    I cant imagine the amount of pride that the workers feel when they watch the cricket world cup knowing that they may have crafted the bat being used

    • @nahor88
      @nahor88 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The same goes for baseball bat makers watching someone like Shohei Ohtani or Aaron Judge use their bat.

    • @omarkhan3256
      @omarkhan3256 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      yeah I am sure this is what the oppressed working class feels when they are watching cricket.

    • @Sabundy
      @Sabundy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@nahor88 who? You do know that the vast majority of the world has no idea who baseball players are right?

    • @user-fk8md4jn3i
      @user-fk8md4jn3i หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think they feel rather oppressed knowing they are being exploited

    • @sudhamishra6596
      @sudhamishra6596 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      But UK doesn't even have space agency, UK doesn't know how to launch satellites whereas India is havin' immense accomplishments in the domain of space exploration

  • @EKJ0420
    @EKJ0420 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +503

    “500 to 800 bats each day, and it takes 24 to 36 hours for one bat”… thats a lot of workers

    • @Intelligence_Failure
      @Intelligence_Failure 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

      that can't be work hours, it has to be including drying time.

    • @pavelow235
      @pavelow235 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

      Don't worry, the workers are paid £20 month.

    • @prehistoricpleb
      @prehistoricpleb 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      That’s a lot of trees 😢

    • @Intelligence_Failure
      @Intelligence_Failure 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      @@prehistoricpleb they're planted for lumber. they basically plant willows like one would plant such fast-growing trees for paper pulp, but then they manage to sell them as expensive specialty lumber. that might be the only valuable lumber in the world harvestable from 15 years old trees.

    • @mabeSc
      @mabeSc 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@Intelligence_Failure Doesn't the ("English") Willow tree grow all over Europe? What's stopping other countries from exporting it?

  • @johnshipley1389
    @johnshipley1389 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

    As a tree surgeon in England I’ve been contracted to soft fell these specific types of willows.
    Pretty cool to see the rest of the process

    • @HarmanHundal01
      @HarmanHundal01 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Tree Surgeon!
      Didn’t know that was a job. What do you do exactly on a day to day basis.

  • @emilchirambattu
    @emilchirambattu 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +165

    Look at the difference in working conditions between India and the UK. To define this, the workers and the boss in the UK are wearing similar clothes, and the boss in India is wearing a Polo while workers have no shoes or a proper environment with health and safety. But he is keen on cracking down on the counterfeit products which is eating his profits 🙄

    • @Stallion_1044
      @Stallion_1044 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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    • @emilchirambattu
      @emilchirambattu 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Stallion_1044 What? Another idiotic comment 🙄

    • @The_Unknown_Smiley
      @The_Unknown_Smiley 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      How the f you compare working conditions of India with UK which has almost 200 timed the GDP per capita? That's just stupid logic

    • @emilchirambattu
      @emilchirambattu 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      I am comparing because the top makes st lots more money than the workers ​@@The_Unknown_Smiley

    • @RayanRizwan-vb7wj
      @RayanRizwan-vb7wj 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@The_Unknown_Smiley GDP per capita has no relevance here. In fact, GDP per capita might be higher if safety regulations were adhered to for it could raise the productivity of workers

  • @Chainsaw-ASMR
    @Chainsaw-ASMR 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    2:36 I think you meant to say 60” circumference not diameter. The logs shown are nowhere near 60 inches wide.

    • @write2pras84
      @write2pras84 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah probably meant to say 60cm in diameter, about 2 feet.

    • @stephenl7048
      @stephenl7048 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@write2pras84 The diameter/circumference gaff is more likely. People are generally clueless about even the simplest geometric terms.

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      @DennisDerek-ep1em 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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  • @PaulColeCricket
    @PaulColeCricket 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Great video! Worth noting that it's not just professional players that use English Willow bats. The vast majority of amateur players do too, particularly here in the UK. As a former cricket specialist retailer, I know that the market for Kashmir willow bats in the UK is very small.

  • @arlingtonhynes
    @arlingtonhynes 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

    7:36 “Bandsaw”.
    Funny looking bandsaw there.

    • @vide-yo3336
      @vide-yo3336 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      The person who wrote the script probably never used a tool more powerful than a pen.

    • @nuggetschicken1781
      @nuggetschicken1781 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@vide-yo3336pen is the greatest tool tho, i get what ur saying but that doesn’t work😂

    • @alexkim3794
      @alexkim3794 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      No it's right. The user just needs a bandage after using it. Hence BANDage Saw

  • @omiohassan3180
    @omiohassan3180 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +165

    Imagine playing cricket for 16 years, and still can't bat properly.

    • @LevineLawrence
      @LevineLawrence 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Classic bullshitter who can talk well but can't bat well, they are everywhere 😅

    • @RealShaktimaan
      @RealShaktimaan 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He is not a pro. I'm sure you have done things all your life that you still suck at.

    • @MrPinkmen
      @MrPinkmen 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      HAHAHA he was total shite

    • @eddygordon7170
      @eddygordon7170 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Same happens in soccer, even if the goalkeeper isn't there they manage it not to score isn't it?! Makes me crazy. Yes I was born in Brazil

    • @SarcasticSaar
      @SarcasticSaar 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Are u talking about Bangladesh🇧🇩?

  • @Koudey
    @Koudey 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +62

    7:37 I dont think thats a band saw

    • @doggfite
      @doggfite 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      No no, "banned saw"
      Banned in the UK for all the health and safety violations

    • @Koudey
      @Koudey 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@doggfite Comment section applauds your clarification

    • @d.o.t.
      @d.o.t. 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@doggfite At least the chop saw made a (laughable) attempt at including safety equipment. Now check out the freehand table saw crosscut at 7:22 , complete with a blade that's standing at least two inches higher than the wood it's being fed.

    • @dexterm2003
      @dexterm2003 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Definitely a circular saw

    • @Intelligence_Failure
      @Intelligence_Failure 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      it's a chop saw, a type of circular saw.

  • @Jaszi007
    @Jaszi007 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    13:34 THAT sentence just made the Indian Willow bats a legitimate option for players and he’s a professional when it comes to know wood…. Whoops, dude might’ve just killed his own industry.

    • @malintha
      @malintha 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      he tried to save the english willow industry, since they claimed the fine grained one's are becoming hard to come by. Surely, wasn't aware of the previous piece shot in India

    • @Jaszi007
      @Jaszi007 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@malintha oh definitely. I just meant from our perspective seeing the Indian stuff and seeing the English wood professional say what he said makes it seem that way since we can see the whole picture and not JUST his side of it.

  • @Serenity_Dee
    @Serenity_Dee 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +85

    Also, sixty inches in _circumference_ , not diameter.

    • @WhatsWrong221
      @WhatsWrong221 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      That's what she said.

    • @doggfite
      @doggfite 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      They also said "band saw" and then immediately showed the cut they were referencing being made with a circular/chop saw
      I mean, I imagine they got the info from the companies for the script and the companies just made mistakes in what they told them. But who knows.

    • @doggfite
      @doggfite 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They also said "band saw" and then immediately showed the cut they were referencing being made with a circular/chop saw
      I mean, I imagine they got the info from the companies for the script and the companies just made mistakes in what they told them. But who knows.

    • @52Ford
      @52Ford 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@doggfite The lady narrating is just reading a script. Blame the script writers.

    • @doggfite
      @doggfite 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@52Ford I mean, did you read my comment? I'm not blaming the narrator, I also wouldn't blame the script writers for specifically the reason I mentioned in the comment.
      If they are on location filming and interviewing and they ask a worker "and what is this tool called and what do you use it for?" And they say "oh it's a band saw and we use it to cut the V shape notch in the bat for the handle"
      You don't correct it after the fact, you just put it in the script, because you assume that they have some knowledge of their subject that you can't presume to know better than they do.
      It's one thing if they say "Obama is the US president in 2024", you can fact check that quite easily. But none of us know that the workers in that factory do not call that saw a band saw, maybe they do.
      Doesn't make it any less funny that someone probably misspoke and it made it into the video, but that's not on the script writers.

  • @Joqg2tf-2843
    @Joqg2tf-2843 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    Those workers need N95 respirators, not flimsy masks.

    • @adamparker9765
      @adamparker9765 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      There is another half a billion where these ones came from.

  • @school1865
    @school1865 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

    That’s a dangerous workshop setup. So much find dust everywhere and they have old open fans if one day it gets just a bit to dusty and theirs a spark game over.

    • @MiguelTorrellas
      @MiguelTorrellas 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      no hearing protection, no gloves, barefoot, operating machine with their feet. the list goes on and on

    • @school1865
      @school1865 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@MiguelTorrellas yeah they don’t even have proper mask I can imagine they have the same likelyhood of cancer as a smoker.

    • @P.G.Wodelouse
      @P.G.Wodelouse 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      why do you think they ship it to India to make them lol if it was safe they wouldn't make them.

    • @school1865
      @school1865 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@P.G.Wodelouse It's done in India because of the large market and cheap labour. Woodworking is safe nothing about it is dangerous it's not like mining/refining rare metals where the job is you exposed to toxic shit. It's not hard or anymore expensive to have a safe woodworking setup this is just laziness. For one having a cheap shop vacuum new or second hand, and proper mask if that's to expensive a reusable respirator would make it all safer.

    • @P.G.Wodelouse
      @P.G.Wodelouse 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@school1865 "It's done in India because of the large market and cheap labour" cheap labour is cheap why??? you argued my point. why buy a reusable mask when your people are disposable.

  • @dingleydell3250
    @dingleydell3250 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great to see skilled workers in both countries marvellous

  • @nycalien
    @nycalien 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +131

    That Skeik guy, said he has been playing cricket since he is 16 but his shots are like someone who holds the bat for the first time.

    • @kap1526
      @kap1526 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Some people never learn

    • @homelespenguin
      @homelespenguin 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      wait until your find out about Monty Panesar...

    • @patricksanders858
      @patricksanders858 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Technically true, if he played once when he was 16 and never since.

    • @ravantheoghacker863
      @ravantheoghacker863 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He is an amateur not a professional I guess, might be a bowler as well 😂

  • @majorburke9735
    @majorburke9735 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    This “slow growth” wood is the reason old furniture is better than new fast-growth commercial wood. New wood is weaker and tends to warp. It’s better to refurbish your old furniture.

    • @VitaKet
      @VitaKet 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      _One_ reason... a bigger reason is furniture now is made from much thinner pieces of wood. Or composite woods.

    • @elroy9186
      @elroy9186 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      that particle board tree grows really fast

    • @agt155
      @agt155 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@elroy9186 I've got one in my garden next to a plywood tree.

  • @slavicprincess
    @slavicprincess 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    8:02 “the cane is smoothed down and then inserted into the V” 😭😭

  • @KOdi766
    @KOdi766 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +85

    They are expensive indeed. Are those gentlemen who makes them gets paid expensive as well?

    • @astroboirap
      @astroboirap 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      they're paid in cow dung

    • @David-kh2gk
      @David-kh2gk 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Lmao, no. They get paid in naan

    • @josephaugustine4876
      @josephaugustine4876 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      It's probably around 20 USD a day , and it's pretty decent pay in India.

    • @DaniMaulana-g3y
      @DaniMaulana-g3y 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Who would believe that this tree which lacks leaves is the best wood in the whole world?

    • @Ybby999
      @Ybby999 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Well the guy at 8:52 has a nice watch, idk tho

  • @nt7519
    @nt7519 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    9:25 The rubber grip is most certainly not glued to the handle. It is simply rolled on and usually taped to the body of the bat.

  • @truesy1358
    @truesy1358 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    48 Years at one company is astounding. The knowledge Bruce must have from being the first line of quality for that company is impressive. Thanks for a 48 year commitment Bruce.

  • @Royalbob123
    @Royalbob123 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    They should plant these English willow trees in similar weather conditions in other countries like New Zealand , Ireland , Scotland and in Indian states like Himachal and Kashmir , so that supply will be uninterrupted. Depending solely on an island nation like England will be a risk I think 😊

    • @onidoremc9490
      @onidoremc9490 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's not possible in india
      Climate of uk is too cold and hill stations terrain is bad

    • @onidoremc9490
      @onidoremc9490 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's not possible in india
      Climate of uk is too cold and hill stations terrain is bad

    • @Royalbob123
      @Royalbob123 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@onidoremc9490 India has similar cold, wet and hilly terrain region near Himalayas like Himachal Pradesh and Kashmir . Already they have planted these trees in Kashmir I read.
      Australia and New Zealand also have similar weather and east areas for plantation right ?

    •  11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@Royalbob123 Not Australia. Even Tasmanian is too warm. The trees grow too fast resulting in lower quality willow.

  • @jimlawton4184
    @jimlawton4184 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

    “Inserted into the V” 😉😹

  • @anmolagrawal5358
    @anmolagrawal5358 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    1:38 Nice sound design, I felt that

  • @Nay-kp6uu
    @Nay-kp6uu 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

    Are they allowed to wear shoes at work?

    • @eN3RD
      @eN3RD 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Apparently not 😭

    • @erueru2014
      @erueru2014 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      Only safety sandals

    • @nick2128
      @nick2128 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@erueru2014 🩴

    • @asmikhan2822
      @asmikhan2822 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Which country r u talking about England or India 😂😂😂

    • @52Ford
      @52Ford 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Nope. OSHIT doesn't allow it.

  • @_cofred4146
    @_cofred4146 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    8:03 nice

  • @theboundaryedge3926
    @theboundaryedge3926 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Totally loved watching this. I am now obsessed with the inner workings of the cricket bat industry.

  • @VirdanRach
    @VirdanRach 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    is the type of wood Salix alba Caerulea ? Just to clarify

    • @chaos116
      @chaos116 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yes that is the scientific name of cricket bat will :)

  • @ThatGuy3714
    @ThatGuy3714 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +173

    Lets make all the salty kids mad with this comment 🤣
    Its interesting that they say they like old English willow trees with tight grains because they are dense but that they have to compress it to make it denser so the ball goes somewhere because they are using a soft hardwood that is not even a dense hardwood. So instead of using a harder wood from the start like a baseball bat uses they go though a round about away but still claim its a superior wood. Honestly it just looks like they want to use a classic English native tree for a sport created in England just to keep the tradition alive more then anything. Which is completely fine. I support that. Kind of like how certain wine can only be made in certain areas with a certain kind of ingredient. It's a normal thing to do.
    but lets not try to act like a soft wood tree like a willow is a good bat material when its not because its not that dense, but then still claiming that its a dense wood throughout the video and the best there is when a minute later they are saying its not that strong and they then have to compress it and how bats dont even last that long because they are not that hard.. Using English Willow is for nothing more then tradition and that's all. Just cut to the chase and stop trying to word it like a politician with backwards lies and half truths.

    • @valencia_gabe
      @valencia_gabe 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      I had the same thought. You use a hardwood and you don’t have to compress. You could probably get more distance from every hit too. This is all tradition. I guess it also keeps things more or less consistent from bat to bat.

    • @steve4073
      @steve4073 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      be better if they made the bats in england instead of shi[ping it abroad to make the bats tyhen sellit back to use for £1000 if they made the bat in engalnd you could kncok off the transport fee's making the bats cheaper to manufacture the reasopn why the econemy starts with ECON its a con someone gets ripped off somewhere thats why we have poor and rich countrys. bestthing for this bat company is tomke the bats out of a wood localy grown its cheaper and self sourced meaning they could sell that £1000 bat for half price making the sport accessable to more people to enjoy , but that would be too easy

    • @adeharris4457
      @adeharris4457 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      It's down to the structure of the wood too which flexes a bit if they could use harder wood they would lol

    • @Icarus1234
      @Icarus1234 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

      Are completely ignoring the fact that soft woods are lighter than hardwoods?
      And before you say they can make the bats thinner with hardwood, maybe they can't. Maybe the bats will break too easily if it's too thin no matter the wood choice.

    • @BDASS-o6l
      @BDASS-o6l 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      15 years to grow a tree many man hours and skill to cut shape and form a beautiful bat so what your saying is the best cricket players in the world are using the wrong wood ? They know what they are doing

  • @danim5373
    @danim5373 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Damn the working standards between UK and India are astoundingly different. That dude better invest in Safety

    • @danceoffAsh
      @danceoffAsh 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We can't even afford gloves, what safety are you talking about?

    • @danim5373
      @danim5373 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@danceoffAsh the owner should invest in safety, I don't need to clarify this. If these are being sold for 1k, where is the profit going?

    • @danceoffAsh
      @danceoffAsh 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@danim5373 Safety? There's no such thing in India.

    • @danim5373
      @danim5373 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@danceoffAsh yes and I sympathise with you because it is a big shame. Workers need to be treated and paid better. 🙏🏻

    • @danceoffAsh
      @danceoffAsh 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@danim5373 RIght.

  • @chriscampbell3417
    @chriscampbell3417 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    My back would be on fire by the end of a work day there, idk how these old men do it.
    Bent at the knees working like that had got to be extremely difficult.

    • @jd7ub
      @jd7ub 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Its called the Asian squat. For Asians it's as comfortable as sitting on a chair

  • @KamalJhamat-ly8oy
    @KamalJhamat-ly8oy 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Nice documentary I love cricket 🏏 ❤

  • @gcm747
    @gcm747 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I can tell you one of the reasons they aren’t expensive. The wages paid to Indian workers.

    • @physco4641
      @physco4641 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      They are paid 20-25 dollars which is pretty good as per Indian ppp.

  • @ItiankShorts
    @ItiankShorts 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My father was a trucker, he brought me a bat from Meerut. It was an excelent bat, took a lot of abuse but never broke, it got stolen from playground one day.

  • @HomeDistiller
    @HomeDistiller 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    does the voice over team and the editing team just not talk to each other?

  • @satyapratadas3066
    @satyapratadas3066 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    6:59 He is doing business with sareen and after sareen dies he hopes to be doing business with his son as well cuz he himself is god🤯🤣🤣

  • @bkucenski
    @bkucenski 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +75

    1000 / 24 = $41 per hour. I don't imagine the workers see much of that.

    • @Tonyx.yt.
      @Tonyx.yt. 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      they see 41 USD per week, AT BEST and most probably only for skiller/senior workers, not newbies

    • @BrurWabbit
      @BrurWabbit 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Neither does the environment 🌱

    • @Tonyx.yt.
      @Tonyx.yt. 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@PavelPalancica around 1 USD, 3 USD per hour in india is the wage of a middle class white collar... the average hourly wage for engineers in india is 3.5 USD! so no way the earn nearly as much

    • @beemore18
      @beemore18 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That's a crazy ass assumption...

    • @xander1052
      @xander1052 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      you have to remember that there is the profit margin, the cost of the British workers for growing the wood and then the shipping, it's inevitable that the indian workers will get little.

  • @sickelevra
    @sickelevra 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    7:51, nope I don't believe it, imported from company in Singapore yes, but the cane itself should be from other country

  • @CutPasteDJ
    @CutPasteDJ 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    Those trees aren't 60" in diameter... Maybe 60cm

    • @wr3ckt4ngl3
      @wr3ckt4ngl3 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      My guess is circumference, not diameter

    • @CutPasteDJ
      @CutPasteDJ 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@txm2124 so that would be circumference, not diameter

    • @Chainsaw-ASMR
      @Chainsaw-ASMR 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@wr3ckt4ngl3came here to say the same. They definitely mixed up diameter and circumference.

    • @askthepaperclip
      @askthepaperclip 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      16 inches...

    • @2caballos
      @2caballos 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      welcome in the world of stupidity, all ruled by AI

  • @rahulb06
    @rahulb06 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That's why bat is precious 😍 to cricket players 😀 🎉

  • @maigepresents5840
    @maigepresents5840 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The face of a cricket bat is not always flat. Quite a few have a gentle curve all the way through

  • @badmanno.1650
    @badmanno.1650 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    Difference between workers in India and workers in the UK is astonishing, these companies need to be taken to court. 😢

    • @dappa9996
      @dappa9996 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s why we have this great replacement of workers happening because we expect more rights and that limits companies profits ;-)

  • @danielandrewgrant
    @danielandrewgrant 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    The price for one of those bats is more than the average person in India makes in an entire year.

    • @venkatakhileshyanamadala1700
      @venkatakhileshyanamadala1700 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Nope you’re wrong

    • @rskat501
      @rskat501 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Doubtful

    • @Intelligence_Failure
      @Intelligence_Failure 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      apparently the average yearly income is around $2000-3000.

    • @samedcelikten384
      @samedcelikten384 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      soo what.. at least you wont spend money for a shit bat

    • @danielandrewgrant
      @danielandrewgrant 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Intelligence_Failure So you can buy two wooden bats with your annual income! 😂

  • @SC_XOLOs
    @SC_XOLOs 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    10:19 they prosecute fake bats but not credit card scammers.. 😅

    • @Shubham_Bahirat
      @Shubham_Bahirat 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      They prosecute them too. If you feel so bad why don't wear Batman costume and serve justice in India

    • @SC_XOLOs
      @SC_XOLOs 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Shubham_Bahirat I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings 🤣. But tell your cousins to stop scamming ppl. Make fake bats instead

    • @Shubham_Bahirat
      @Shubham_Bahirat 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SC_XOLOs they use English wood and even if they make it with Kashmir wood it still doesn't mean it's fake.
      I mean i don't think a western mind can consume that much information, you guys fall for IRS scams lol that tell lot about your common sense

    • @ksv314
      @ksv314 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SC_XOLOs indians are honestly the quickest to take offense and the quickest to play the victim, even in the face of constructive criticism lmao

    • @Bolo_Bolo_Tell_Tell
      @Bolo_Bolo_Tell_Tell 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SC_XOLOs who can be a bigger scammer and looter than a brit🤣🤣sk rest of the world ur ancestors were dying of hunger before they sent out colonies😂u should thank these workers ur ancestors were able to afford a days meal.....

  • @d.jensen5153
    @d.jensen5153 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    There's a ginormous 35-year-old willow in my backyard. The tree is a cross between Salix alba and something else. I should send a blank from it to India to have a custom cricket bat made, and then arrange with someone from the local cricket association to try it out.

    • @salguodrolyat2594
      @salguodrolyat2594 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You'll never see the bat if you send the wood to India.🤣

    • @danceoffAsh
      @danceoffAsh 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Just sell the tree. We'll probably pay a few hundred thousands for it.

  • @RenupriyaJaiswal
    @RenupriyaJaiswal 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    middle class family in india can spent 5k to 10kfor bat, but won't spent 1k dollars, its so much for buy a wood bat, which can break during play and 1k dollars gonna break.

  • @HoboBo94
    @HoboBo94 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    India always leading the way with health and safety at work

  • @YusufEbr
    @YusufEbr 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Because England is the Capital of India. Jai 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

    • @major2707
      @major2707 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lol

  • @simonpainter5277
    @simonpainter5277 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Not explaining the difference in the springing is an oversight. Twelve piece handles give the best flex and rebound.

    • @flamingfrancis
      @flamingfrancis 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Indeed, most comments have not recognised that the flexing and impact deadening of ALL bats comes from the construction design of that cane / rrubber composite layered handle.

  • @Agasthyar
    @Agasthyar 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Why can't English willow trees be cultivated outside England? There are similar climate available on other parts of the world. So the demand can be met also price will come down.

    • @afctaylor12
      @afctaylor12 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wet clay soil which rarely dry out warm summer and rarely colder then 2 c in winter. It can grow in meny place in Europe but it won't have reputation nor could it be left alone . They plant them and leave a little maintenance

    • @mistag3860
      @mistag3860 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And French champagne, or Russian caviar, Indian rosewood, Scotch whisky, Kentucky bourbon, etc etcetera, because it just tastes better!

    • @Agasthyar
      @Agasthyar 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@afctaylor12 How about growing English willows in Kashmir? Pretty much similar climate and the soil is far better and more fertile than England. Weather also predictable than England.

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    @ChuNamKy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

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  • @Auxxxin.14
    @Auxxxin.14 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Most of young beginners like me, prefer KASHMIR willow
    Obviously ,it's alternative of English

  • @MorganRusler
    @MorganRusler 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    At 2:35: “60 inches in diameter”? Hm… no, the word they’re looking for is circumference. You need about 7’ arms to get all the way around a 60” diameter tree

  • @kiney0713
    @kiney0713 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Brilliant! Thank you BI 🙂

  • @dogface6040
    @dogface6040 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's not 60 inches in "diameter"; it's 60 in circumference.

  • @LJfootball14
    @LJfootball14 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The grains in the bat are opposite of what the best bats in America are for MLB Baseball. You want a bat with wide grains and not many grains. The closer multiple grains bats are always more easily broken.
    I wonder why Willow wood would be different than Maple??

  • @devangmetha
    @devangmetha 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Almost every comment here is third class.
    This is a lovely documentary about a lovely sport.

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  • @jojoanggono3229
    @jojoanggono3229 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Pro player use denser wood bat because it matches their physical. A beginner player would be better of using less dense wood bat to avoid injury. Much like beginner badminton player use racquet stringed to less lbs, like around 22-24.

  • @greenskull9455
    @greenskull9455 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've been playing cricket since I was 5. And I still do.I have one of their bats,bought em way back in 2009.played more than a thousand matches,still in tip top condition ❤❤

  • @kushagraN
    @kushagraN 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I wouldn't say the kashmir willow is counterfeit. Its a different breed. Using the timber guy's Rolls Royce & ford analogy. I guess kashmir willow is the indigenous Maruti or Tata. They sell in millions to aspiring young people, and are more reliable. These same players can get the 1000$ bats when they become famous enough to get millions in brand sponsorship from SS or GM or Grey nicolls etc just to use the bats on camera.
    I remember selecting my first proper bat at age 10 when we went on a trip to kashmere straight from the workshop.
    Even as a early teenager I was always comfortable with the weight of the bat. And that bat lasted me a long time. I even got another one as gift from my uncle when he went to J&k a few years later.

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    @KaiseiTou 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

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  • @nestondomkhar191
    @nestondomkhar191 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Promote kashmir Willow bat , it's best and I am using from 2yrs for matches, little bit heavier than English Willow,but these are more durable,affordable, and punch are very good.

  • @MegaThunderKitten
    @MegaThunderKitten 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’d love to see why Neumann microphones are so expensive

  • @modguy9894
    @modguy9894 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That hug was personal 😂

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  • @evolancer211
    @evolancer211 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Just like every item you do a video on, the bespoke nature of whatever product is one of the reasons for the price. Doesn't take a genius to figure that
    Comparing a Ford to a Rolls Royce, yeah that's a fair compare lol

  • @anotherlefttoe451
    @anotherlefttoe451 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    8:08 my man just chilling with his bare ass foot a hair away from the belt

  • @maddog6542
    @maddog6542 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i don't play cricket and live in the US, but i need one of these bats.

  • @simonlj1
    @simonlj1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Glad to see Mr Sareen supplies his beloved workers with masks that stops them breathing all the fine dust in the workshop, NOT! Some are wearing a mask a dentist or surgeon would wear to stop blood and liquid spashes but they stop zero dust as the sides are all open, but I doubt Mr Sareen loses any sleep over the srtate of their lungs when he goes to sleep in his very expensive Mumbai Penthouse.

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  • @imsa15463
    @imsa15463 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great working conditions in that factory, no tables no chairs just set on the hard concrete floor.

  • @jpajpaassi6614
    @jpajpaassi6614 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    🕉 Satyameva Jayate

  • @adityagajjar3118
    @adityagajjar3118 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These are expert craftsmen .Those making high end bats could be easily getting anything between 1-2 lakhs per month or more.

  • @nroy15
    @nroy15 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Why carbon fiber bats are not used in modern cricket?

  • @subratbhoi1986
    @subratbhoi1986 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    18 years it took to grow but for the entertainment, it took 18 minutes. That's not funny but it is a risk for the environment.

  • @kryjchek
    @kryjchek 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Cane from Singapore? Someone’s getting ripped off 😛

    • @dom4068
      @dom4068 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Originally from China, but comes via Singapore because India does not allow import directly from China.

    • @yoyomelon6275
      @yoyomelon6275 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@dom4068yet every Indian uses Chinese phones and tech

    • @dom4068
      @dom4068 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@yoyomelon6275
      Yes most of the Indians use Chinese ones.
      I have used Chinese mobile only once.

    • @flamingfrancis
      @flamingfrancis 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sarawak cane is used in the veneer composite handles that are spliced into the blades.

  • @Allenfactsandinsider
    @Allenfactsandinsider หลายเดือนก่อน

    I don't think earlier business insider reported anything related to cricket but now as the World Cup is happening in the USA they are doing it

  • @rgarimella
    @rgarimella 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very satisfying sounds

  • @trevorstevenson4038
    @trevorstevenson4038 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    There are many types of timber that can make a cricket bats.

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  • @Alan_Hans__
    @Alan_Hans__ 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    $2 each for a piece of willow, $2 labour, $0.10 in stickers and lacquer and the bats sell for $1000. There seems to be a bit or markup somewhere.
    JS Wright plant about 30,000 trees a year (according to their site). About 40 bats per tree or 1.2M clefts they cut and sell. I suspect that the higher grade clefts they are selling for more than the $2 I expect that cheap bats are made from.

  • @cakdoanx8505
    @cakdoanx8505 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You can change it with bamboo that will give you more money.

  • @ChimaR-t1b
    @ChimaR-t1b 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Try Gmelina !!!

  • @Zantides
    @Zantides 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    9:33 Such a helpful mask 😂

  • @ChimaR-t1b
    @ChimaR-t1b 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I firmly believe that an ample substitute for English Willow can be found in the tropical forests around the planet,,, that may even surpass the qualities of bats made out of English Willow...
    😅😅😅

  • @Useroi12
    @Useroi12 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Kashmir willow is underrated

  • @sea2side
    @sea2side 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The v is cut with a Circular Saw, not a Band saw

  • @ArshadKhan-fg6uw
    @ArshadKhan-fg6uw หลายเดือนก่อน

    Imagine if these bats were made in Japan then it would be an traditional art form for the rest of the world....😂

  • @rajram9861
    @rajram9861 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i have made some bats, but i think amazon wood hits much harder then any wood in the world

  • @upward_onward
    @upward_onward 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Be it Kashmir willow or English Willow, it depends upon the skills of the Batman to ensure that runs are scored.

  • @yuvikaul1806
    @yuvikaul1806 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Who’s here after India win Pakistan in the world cup

  • @claudiosimas1020
    @claudiosimas1020 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    $1000 a bat and workers are walking around bare foot.

    • @Elegant-Capybara
      @Elegant-Capybara 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Trust me these are some of the better working conditions. The difference between Developed and Developing countries isn't just the GDP figure, it's things like this.

    • @SS-eu2ef
      @SS-eu2ef 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Some of these workers choose to go bare foot & sit on the warehouse floor .
      It has nothing to do with affordability or anything. They are village men they just comfortable that way. Old habits die hard ig

  • @Nousinvisibles
    @Nousinvisibles 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The factory shop workers don't look like they are highly paid or trained experts, worrying to think they make these really expensive bats. Obviously the British company has no issues supplying such factory shops, been doing it for 50 years

    • @VitaKet
      @VitaKet 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I'd bet a bunch of those shop workers are experts. I'd love to see how well you do running a lathe and have something that clean be the end product.

    • @Nousinvisibles
      @Nousinvisibles 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @VitaKet it is typical for Indians to get important work done from poorly paid people. You can also see this in construction, fashion etc I visited this multi million dollar home and a resin floor was being made by workers who were day wagers. I am sure the only country in Europe that has no problem with it is UK, they tolerate the highest inequality of any country

    • @Nousinvisibles
      @Nousinvisibles 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @VitaKet even experts in India are usually lowly paid day wagers. Like a lot of people working in fashion are highly skilled but they would be working under very bad conditions. Only recently as Indian designers have gone global, they are making an effort to improve transparency and credit artisans. Traditionally divisions of caste keep such practices in place

    • @Bolo_Bolo_Tell_Tell
      @Bolo_Bolo_Tell_Tell 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      supplying lolz scammers and looters😂half of brit population were dying of hunger when they sent out colonies, why is brit sending migrants out of the their country isnt that human right abuse.....

    • @adityagajjar3118
      @adityagajjar3118 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@NousinvisiblesI bet you will find experts like apart from Indian and may be Pakistan . Indian and Pakistan made bats are at par or better than those made in other countries . Regarding payments they are much better than average Indian .They are expert craftsmen .

  • @Quitplaying360
    @Quitplaying360 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One tree produced "seven hundred bats". Only that is 7 hundred thousand dollars from just one tree. Talk about more like $120B industry 😂

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