Legendary Australia cricketer Sir Don Bradman's 'baggy green' cap was sold at an auction in Sydney at Bonhams auction house on Tuesday, December 3. The cap which was worn by Bradman during his last Test series in Australia played against India in 1947-48, was bought for a price of $390,000 (Rs 2.14 crore).

The fee was further increased to $479,700 (Rs 2.63 crore) after buyer's premium was added.

having scored 6996 runs from 52 Test matches with 29 hundreds and 13 fifties. The legendary batter holds the record for most double hundreds in the longest format (12) and also the joint highest triple centuries (2).

The auctioned cap was worn by the legendary batter during India's first tour to Australia after independence. Bradman was seen in imperious form during the series as he brought up his 100th first class hundred. The right-handed batter scored 715 runs from six innings at an average of 178.75 registering three centuries out of which one was converted into a double century.

The cap is also the only known Baggy Green surviving from the series which was gifted by Bradman gave to the then Indian team manager who handed it to the wicket keeper on that tour. The cap was purchased by a collector decades later who loaned it to the Bradman museum.

Legendary India cricketer when his club captain came to Australia and insisted on meeting Bradman and revealed how much is the legendary batter revered in India.

Gavaskar shares how Bradman is reverred in India

"Bradman has been an inspiration for everybody. And for those in India he was the ultimate cricketing god. (He) insisted on his host to take him to Adelaide because he said, 'How can I come to heaven and not meet god?' So he came here, met Sir Don, and I think that for him was the ultimate. That's how (Bradman) was revered in India, and continues to be revered in India. Honestly, getting the Australia cap from the greatest is something really special. He gave it to the wicket keeper, I believe, the wicket keeper on that tour, and it is a prized possession, it would be a prized possession for anybody," Gavaskar told 7NEWS.

Bradman played his last Test against England in 1948 at the Oval and needed to score just four runs in his final Test innings to finish with a career average of 100. However, he was dismissed for a two-ball duck in his final outing and finished his career with an unprecedented average of 99.94.