Precious heritage of cricket history: Bradman had gifted baggy green to the Indian player, now it will be auctioned

Sydney. The baggy green cap worn by batting great Sir Donald Bradman during India’s 1947-48 tour of Australia will be auctioned next month. Bradman gifted the 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 held in various museums or private collections but this cap has never been displayed publicly or put up for sale.

According to the Australian Associated Press (AAP) the 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.

Test cricketers of the Bradman 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. He scored 715 runs in six innings at an average of 178.75 in the 1947–48 series against India. He had scored three centuries and one double century during this period. Australia won this series 4–0.