The baggy green worn by Australian cricket legend Sir Don Bradman has been sold for a record AUD 460,000 (PKR 89 million).
According to reports, an anonymous buyer purchased the prized item, and no further details about the bidder were disclosed.
Bradman wore the cap during Australia’s final home Test series against India in 1947–48. After the series, he gifted it to Indian opening bowler Ranga Sohoni whose family preserved the cap in strict privacy for nearly 75 years and never displayed it publicly.
Lloyds Auctions chief operating officer Lee Hames described the cap as a “holy grail” of the cricketing world. He revealed that even family members were only allowed to view it for a few minutes after turning 16.
The cap carries the names “D G Bradman” and “S W Sohoni” stitched inside, along with “1947–48” engraved beneath the Australian crest.
It is one of Bradman’s 11 known baggy greens, as players in that era used a separate cap for each series.
Sir Donald Bradman remains the greatest batter in cricketing history. He scored 6,996 runs in 52 Test matches at an unmatched average of 99.94, with 29 centuries and a highest score of 334 against England in 1930.
His records continue to define excellence in the sport decades after his retirement.