Bat Bonkers: Controls, Confidence Meter and Gully Rules

Quick facts

Where to play

What is Bat Bonkers?

Bat Bonkers is crazy 3D street cricket by Taletwist Games, played between colourful houses, bunting and washing lines, on rooftops, beaches, farms and a local stadium. You bat from behind the batter like the big console games and play 17 real strokes, from cover drives, pulls and cuts to sweeps, scoops and the helicopter. It was released in November 2026 and last updated on 10 November 2026. At our 11 November 2026 check it had 356 likes and 40 dislikes (rating 9.0).

Bat Bonkers controls

Shot modes (bottom centre): 1 DEFEND, 2 GROUND, 3 LOFT; ↑ / W toggles LOFT.

Mouse

• Click: play shot
• Drag: play shot in that direction
• Right-click: defensive shot
• Hold TAB + click: lofted shot

Keyboard

• Space: play shot
• ← / → (Q / E; A / E on AZERTY): aim
• F: defend
• Hold TAB + Space: loft
• Shift: front foot; S: back foot
• I / J / K / L: move in the crease
• Mouse wheel / V: camera distance
• Space or double-click between balls: next ball now

Running: R / RUN to run (automatic by default), X / CANCEL to cancel.

Touch: swipe to aim; the selected mode decides how the shot is played.

Gamepad: right stick plays the shot; hold LT to loft, RT to defend, RB for precision along the ground, LB for unorthodox shots (scoop, sweep, reverse sweep, helicopter); left stick for footwork; X to run.

The confidence meter

Confidence starts from your form and changes every ball:

• +1 for touching the ball
• +2 for a four along the ground
• −5 for a lofted four or six
• −8 for a missed loft
• −10 for any other miss

Your chance of a six from a middled loft equals your confidence %. Well-timed ground shots have 10 times that chance of reaching the rope.

Gully rules

Hit it over the far wall for SIX, but under gully rules you’re out if you break a window, lose the ball on a roof, or are caught on the full. You can turn house rules on or off: window = out, roof = out, six and out, no runs behind, LBW and more. Catches always follow the real law (on the full only).

Modes, formats and grounds

• Quick Play: pick the ground and 1 to 20 overs, then chase a rival total that grows as your ratings and win record improve.
• Match vs AI: call the toss, bat or field first. Formats: 1 to 10 overs, T20, ODI (50 overs) and TEST (two innings each). You always bat; the rival innings is simulated ball by ball.
• Tournaments with a points table and a final.
• 10 grounds: gully lane, home aangan, motor garage, rooftop, society parking, khet (farm), beach, village maidan, railway ground and the local stadium.
• Bats include Mummy’s Belan, Lollipop Bat, Boat Oar, Baseball Bat, Hockey Stick, Bajrang Gada, Golden Bat, Rainbow Thunder Bat and real cricket bats; better bats hit a little harder.
• 15 trophies, daily challenges with a streak, and a leaderboard. You can resume a match from the home screen.

Are there Bat Bonkers codes?

No. The official page lists no codes or cheats. Bats, balls and kit come from the in-game store.

FAQ

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