While the Indian Premier League has gained much popularity since its beginning, the Mongoose bat has also become famous by Chennai Super Kings opener Mathew Hayden. However, the former Australia batsman has later revealed that Chennai captain MS Dhoni had asked him not to use the bat.

In a recent chat with CSK on their official Twitter handle, Hayden shared, "I will (MS Dhoni) give you anything you want in life, to not use this bat. Please do not use this bat."

Chennai tweeted the video from their official handle which read: "#Thala Dhoni to Haydos: "I'll give you anything you want in life, to not use this bat! Please do not use this bat!" @HaydosTweets #AnbuDenLions @RuphaRamani"

Earlier, another Chennai player Suresh Raina had picked Mathew Hayden's stunning knock of 93 off 43 deliveries while using the unique bat in a 2010 game against Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) as one of his favourite knocks from the IPL. However, Raina took the charge on that game and did really well.

"I want to say one good inning of your's against Delhi. You scored 93 with that mongoose bat. Every ball was going out of the park. You played so well on that particular wicket because the wicket was turning and Delhi played so really well. They scored 190 or 185 something and you were looking so solid," Suresh Raina had told Hayden in the video.

"We had a good partnership, I scored 49 in that game. I was captaining the side, you made me believe we can win from that situation. That was a very very good knock of yours. I still have the signed bat that you gave to me. I'm gonna share it with you, I hope you remember the autograph that you gave me," he concluded.

As the entire world is fighting against the global pandemic COVID-19, there is a concern over IP and also the T20 World Cup which is about to take place in Australia later this year.