By Admin 
A very special and rare heritage related to cricket history is now going to come up for auction. Australia’s great batsman Sir Don Bradman’s Australian Test cap, known as ‘Baggy Green’, will be auctioned next month. This auction will be held through Australia’s famous auction company Lloyds Auctions, in which bidding will start at just $1 and the process will end on January 26, 2026.
The cap remained with the same family for 75 years
Don Bradman had gifted this test cap to one of his fellow test cricketers. Since then this cap remained safe with the same family and was neither auctioned nor displayed publicly for almost 75 years. This is the reason why it is being considered as one of the most precious and emotional legacies in the history of cricket.
Lee Hames of Lloyds Auctions said: “This is an original and priceless piece of cricket history, gifted by Sir Don Bradman himself. Its stay in the same family for so long and its direct association with Bradman makes it extremely special.”
This cap was worn in the series against India
It is being told that Bradman wore this baggy green cap during that Test series of 1947-48. When the Indian team went on Australia tour for the first time. In that historic series, Bradman had scored 715 runs in six innings, which is still considered a big record.
Tremendous interest at international level
Private collectors, museums, institutions and cricket lovers from all over the world can show interest in this auction. Earlier, the record of the most expensive baggy green cap was in the name of late Shane Warne. Whose test cap was sold for more than 1 million Australian dollars for bushfire relief of 2019-20.
Don Bradman: A name, a legacy
Don Bradman was born on 27 August 1908 in New South Wales. He made his Test debut in 1928 and scored 6996 runs in 52 Test matches at an incredible average of 99.94. He has 29 centuries and 13 half-centuries in his name. Even after his death in 2001, his name is immortal in cricket history.