Sir Don Bradman, who scored runs at an average of 99 in Test cricket, is considered to be the greatest batsman of this game. Bradman’s specialty was that he used to score runs against every team. Today once again he is in the news, and that is because 1947-48 His cap worn in the Test series against India will be auctioned.

Sir Don Bradman’s baggy green cap will be auctioned

Sir Don Bradman’s full name is Sir Donald Bradman. The baggy green cap he wore during India’s 1947-48 tour of Australia will be auctioned next month. Bradman had gifted a cap to Indian all-rounder Sriranga Vasudev Sohoni during that series. That was the first international cricket tour of India as an independent nation.

Most of the surviving Baggy Green caps from Bradman’s era are housed in various museums, but this cap has never been displayed publicly or put up for sale.

According to the Australian Associated Press (AAP), this cap has been continuously owned by the same family for more than 75 years. “This is a genuine piece of cricket history, personally gifted by Sir Donald Bradman,” said Lee Hames of Lloyds Auctions.

Sir Bradman had scored runs at an average of more than 178 in the test series against India.

Test cricketers of Bradman’s era wore different caps for each series. This cap will be publicly auctioned. Bradman is considered the greatest batsman in the history of the game. In the 1947–48 series against India, he scored 715 runs in six innings at an average of 178.75. During this period he had scored three centuries and one double century. Australia won this series 4-0.