Sir Don Bradman's 80-year-old 'Baggy Green Cap' auctioned for crores

Former Australian legendary cricketer Sir Don Bradman's nearly 80-year-old Test 'Baggy Green Cap' has been auctioned for crores of rupees.

The Cap was auctioned for 390,000 Australian dollars at a local auction house in Sydney on December 3. This amount is more than 70 million rupees in Pakistani currency.

He wore this test cap during his last test series against India in Australia in 1947-48.

Bradman performed brilliantly, and scored his 100th first-class century. The right-handed batsman scored 715 runs in 6 innings, including 3 centuries and one double-century.

The Bradman cap that was auctioned is the only Baggy Green Cap that has survived till now. 

Sir Bradman gifted the Cap to the then-manager of the Indian team, Pankaj Kumar Gupta. Later, a collector bought this Cap and donated it to the Bradman Museum, after which it was auctioned.

Sir Bradman is considered the greatest batsman in the history of cricket. He scored 6996 runs in 52 Test matches at an average of 99.94, including 29 centuries and 13 half-centuries. He also holds the record for the most double centuries (12) in the longest format.

Sir Don Bradman died in 2001 at the age of 92.

The baggy green Cap is a unique and famous cap of the Australian cricket team. It is a loose green cap that is given only to players who represent Australia in Test cricket.

This Cap is symbolic for Australian players, and the baggy green Cap not only holds a unique place in cricket history but is also considered a symbol of pride and honour for the players.

Earlier, Legendary Australian batsman Greg Chappell had lost his only baggy green cap, leaving the former captain very sad.

Greg revealed the disappearance of the baggy green cap in an interview.

He said, “We had stored the equipment in one place for 10 years, and it had this cap; when we moved to Adelaide, we noticed that the cap was not in the luggage. I don’t know what happened, but I’m very sad; it’s a souvenir for me that I don’t have anymore.”

He received more than one baggy green cap during his career. He gifted one to Jeffrey Boycott; it was later auctioned for $15,000. Greg had only one baggy cap left.

He scored 24 centuries in 87 Test matches in the 70s and 80s, making him one of Australia’s greatest batters.

Former Australian cricketer David Warner also lost his green cap last year when he was playing his last test match, but later he got his green cap back.

The Baggy Green Cap is a green loose-fitting cap that has been given to Australian Test cricketers as a tradition since the 20th century and is held in high regard by Australian cricketers.