Sir Don Bradman's 'Baggy Green' Cap Sells for Record Auction Price in Australia

Sydney. The 'Baggy Green' cap worn by Australian cricket legend Sir Don Bradman during the 1947-48 series against India has set a new record at auction. The cap sold for 460,000 Australian dollars at an auction held in Australia.

This cap has become the most expensive Bradman cap ever sold. This historic cap was gifted by Bradman to Indian cricketer Shriranga Vasudev Sohoni.

Sohoni's family had preserved it very carefully for the past 75 years. According to the auction house 'Lloyds Auctioneers & Valuers', this cap was kept very secretly within the Sohoni family for three generations. A rule was made that family members could only see the cap for five minutes after reaching the age of 16.

The names 'D.G. Bradman' and 'S.W. Sohoni' are inscribed inside the cap. Including the buyer's premium fee, its total price reached 535,900 Australian dollars.

Previously, in 2024, another cap belonging to Bradman sold for 479,000 Australian dollars, which was faded by the sun and eaten by insects. However, the cap sold now is in very good condition.

Bradman, who passed away in 2001 at the age of 92, is considered the greatest batter in cricket history. He scored runs at an average of 99.94 in 52 Test matches. That historic series against India was India's first overseas tour as an independent country.

In that series, Bradman scored 715 runs in 6 innings at an average of 178.75, hitting three centuries and one double century. In the same series, he also completed his 100th first-class century.

The cap will now be put on display in a museum in Australia.