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.

Indian team captain Shubman Gill has scored many big records by scoring a century in the fourth Test against England. In his first Test series as captain, Shubman Gill has scored 722 runs. There is still a Test match left. He has now become the second player to score the most runs as captain in the first Test series. In this case, Gill has left behind veterans like Clive Lloyd and Greg Chappell.

In the second innings of the fourth Test against England, Shubman Gill scored 103 off 238 balls. During this, 12 fours came out of his bat. This was Gill’s fourth century in this series. At the same time, his name has now been 722 runs. The fifth and final Test is yet to be played in this series, which is to be played from 31 July.

First Asian batsman in 93 years

For the first time in the last 93 years, an Asian batsman has crossed the 700 -run mark in England. Let us know that since 1932 Asian countries have started touring England, since then no batsman could touch the 700 -run figure in a Test series in England. Not only this, Shubman Gill has now become the second Indian captain to score more than 700 runs in a Test series.

The highest run in the first series as a Test captain

Sir Don Bradman- 810 runs
Shubman Gill- 722 runs
Greg Chappell- 702 runs
Clive Lloyd- 636 runs

As captain in England, the highest century in a Test series

Shubman Gill (India)- 4 centuries
Don Bradman (Australia)- 3 centuries
A. Melville (The. Africa)- 3 centuries
Garfield Sobers (West Indies)- 3 centuries
David Gover (England)- 3 centuries
Graham Gooch (England)- 3 centuries
Joe Root (England)- 3 centuries

Indian batsman who scored the most runs in a Test series

Sunil Gavaskar- 774 runs
Sunil Gavaskar- 732 runs
Shubman Gill- 722 runs (one Test remains)
Yashasvi Jaiswal- 712 runs

The highest century for India in a Test series

4 – Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies, 1971 (Foreign)
4 – Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies, 1978/79 (Domestic)
4 – Virat Kohli vs Australia, 2014/15 (Foreign)
4 – Shubman Gill vs England, 2025 (abroad) **

The highest century in a Test series as captain

4 – Sir Don Bradman vs India, 1947/48 (Domestic)
4 – Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies, 1978/79 (Domestic)
4 – Shubman Gill vs England, 2025 (Foreign) **