The 4 most unique bats in cricket history 

#2 Matthew Hayden's Mongoose Bat

The Australian opener used a bat which had a longer handle and short blade

The Mongoose cricket bat was one of the unique bats in the entire history of cricket. Its strange design of a long handle with a short bottom attracted the entire world. Australian opener Matthew Hayden used the bat.

Mongoose bat was the lightest bat ever used in the history weighing just around 1000-1200 grams because of its design. But other than this it had one disadvantage. One major issue with this bat was the super short blade as it made timing the ball a difficult job. Nevertheless, it did not affect Matthew Hayden as the Australian stalwart scored well with the bat in the IPL.

Due to some controversy regarding the length of the bat, it was used for just a short time in cricket but still attracted the entire world.