5 Most expensive equipment of cricketers sold at auction

1. Shane Warne's Baggy Green:

Legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne’s iconic Baggy Green cap, one of his most cherished possessions, was auctioned in 2020 to raise funds for bushfire relief. The devastating fires across Australia that year led the legendary leg-spinner to step forward, with his cap eventually fetching AUD 1,007,500 (INR 5.79 crore). The auction set a record, surpassing the AUD 425,000 bid for Sir Donald Bradman’s cap in 2003. The winning bidder was revealed to be the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, whose CEO Matt Comyn confirmed the purchase.

The bank announced that the cap would go on a national fundraising tour before being placed permanently at the Bradman Museum in Bowral. Warne expressed happiness towards the bidders, saying he was overwhelmed by the generosity and hoped the funds would help those in desperate need. 

"Thankyou so much to everyone that placed a bid & a huge Thankyou / congrats to the successful bidder - you have blown me away with your generosity and this was way beyond my expectations ! The money will go direct to the Red Cross bushfire appeal. Thankyou, Thankyou," he posted on X.