With the 2023 World Cup approaching fast, Indian cricket fans are hoping that the ICC trophy drought ends this time around. To note, India will be hosting the mega event this time around as the Men in Blue look to repeat their antics from the 2011 World Cup. Virat Kohli who is the only active member left from the 2011 winning squad is expected to play a major role in the 2023 edition.
Meanwhile, Kohli’s admiration is reaching new heights ahead of the competition. Recently, a Surat-based businessman decided to express his gratitude for Kohli in a unique way – by gifting him a 1.04-carat diamond-studded bat. As per a report from India Today, the bat took a month to be prepared.
Utpal Mistry, a Diamond Technology expert and the Director of Lexus Softmac Company in Surat was in charge of the process for making the bat. To note, the bat has been sent for certification.
“A top cricketer of the country was to be gifted a natural diamond bat. It is very difficult without a machine to tell the difference between a lab-grown diamond and a natural diamond when it is prepared. You won’t be able to tell by looking at it with your eyes. Now the diamond trader, who wanted to gift the diamond bat to the big cricketer, said that it should be known only by seeing that it is a natural diamond and not a lab-grown diamond,” Utpal Mistry told Indiatoday.in.
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“The bat is worth around INR 10 lakhs and the size is 15mm to 5mm, so we thought That the skin of a natural diamond which is made by God does not exactly match the screen of a lab-grown diamond. So we had the idea and we kept the skin of a rough diamond till polished. This was a very clear instruction because it was going to be a top Indian cricketer. He wanted to gift a natural diamond and not a lab-grown diamond,” Mistry added.
