The cricket cap worn by Australian batsman Don Bradman throughout a take a look at match towards India in 1947-48, the final take a look at match he performed on Australian soil, is pictured on this undated handout {photograph} at a Melbourne public sale home. File
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The value paid for the cap, as soon as a 16.5% purchaser’s premium of A$75,900 is added, totals A$535,900, beating the earlier file holder, a dishevelled inexperienced from the identical collection – towards India in 1947/48 – that was bought in 2024.
That cap was purchased for A$479,700, together with the client’s premium, at public sale.
Bradman, who died aged 92 in 2001, had given the cap bought on Monday (January 26) to Indian all-rounder Sriranga Wasudev ‘Ranga’ Sohoni.
Inside, it bears the inscriptions: ‘D.G. Bradman’ and ‘S.W. Sohoni’.
Again in Bradman’s day the dishevelled inexperienced cap was awarded for every collection they performed – a distinction to the current day the place just one is handed out on Check debut.
Sohoni’s household sorted the cap till it was put up for public sale – Sohoni died in 1993 aged 75.
The client requested anonymity, however it is going to go on show at an Australian museum.
“That’s over three generations below lock and key,” mentioned Lee Hames, the Chief Working Officer of Lloyds Auctioneers and Valuers, who held the public sale.
“Should you had been a member of the family you had been solely allowed to have a look at it once you had been 16-years-old for 5 minutes,” he mentioned.
The collection was notable for being India’s first as an unbiased nation and Bradman’s final on house soil.
Bradman made it a memorable one, scoring 715 runs – together with his a centesimal first-class century – because the Australians romped to a 4-0 collection win.
Bradman is extensively considered cricket’s greatest-ever batter and averaged 99.94 in his 52-match Check profession.
Printed – January 27, 2026 12:12 am IST
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