Two friends while playing cricket were fighting to bat first, both of them trying to pull the bat from each other hands, but no one was successful as the bat was still stuck in the middle. This is because the bat was also pulling both of them as they were pulling the bat.
True
Since the bat doesn't go into anyone's possession, the force applied was not greater than the force applied by any of the boys. So, the bat was pulling the boys as they were trying to get hold of it.