Top 5 Most Expensive Cricket Bats in the World
Cricket bats more than equipment. These possess history and skill. Cricket, which is a symbol of history and technology, along with pop culture brought together through the most expensive cricket bat in the world. See how the top five are below.
5. Brian Lara's 1994 Century Bat Price: ₹80 Lakhs (1.2 Million USD)
This is the bat Brian Lara used to break the record of 400* against England at Antigua. And this tells the tale of one of cricket's greatest innings. The price it attracts in an auction is that of history.
4. Sachin Tendulkar's 2003 World Cup Bat
Price: ₹1 Crore (~$1 Million USD)
- Description: The same bat was used when the cricketer managed to score 673 runs against India during the World Cup in 2003. He's lugging this largest ever he faced against Pakistan at the opposite end of the ground, it reads 98 on him. He's a treasure to a king when equipped with MRF Adidas.
3. 1968 Gary Sobers Bat
Price: ₹1.2 Crore(~ $1.6 Million USD)
- Details: Sir Garfield Sobers hit six sixes in an over for the first time in cricket history using this Gray Nicolls bat. The auction price of the bat highlights the status it holds.
2. MS Dhoni’s 2011 World Cup Six-Hitting Bat
- Price: ₹1.5 Crore (~$2 Million USD)
- Description: Dhoni completed India's 2011 ODI World Cup with a six by his Reebok bat. Of course, it has a heavy history on; at an auction, the same was marked quite heavily priced.
1. Donald Bradman's Bat from the Ashes 1934
- Auction Price: ₹1.9 Crore that is roughly translated to around ~$2.5 Million USD.
- History: Bradman's Kookaburra Bat of the 1934 Ashes wherein he accumulated 758 runs brought forth the highest ever sold price in history. He talks volumes of cricketing brilliance in a nutshell.
This way, the bats are memories and tales that can be jotted up at no cost scale at all.