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England captain Ben Stokes is hoping his side can turn a 0-2 in The Ashes into a 3-2 series win like Don Bradman’s Australia did in the 1936-37 season.
The mixing of a popular sport with nationalism has concocted a powerful cocktail, which carries with it the potential to cause grave harm to the traditions attached to the sport.
At the end of the tour, Bradman gave the cap to the Indian team manager Pankaj "Peter" Gupta who passed it on to wicketkeeper PK Sen.
He will also do well not to fall for phrases like 'Jaisball' style, as the same critics who have coined this and are singing his praises today will be in forefront to rubbish him and ask for his head.
There will be many before and after Mithali but there will be none to replace her.
Auctioneers had hoped to reach between A$1 million-$2 million for the cap, which had failed to reach its reserve price of A$400,000 in the online auction.
In 2003, Bradman's last baggy green cap from his final tour of England in 1948 was sold for A$425,000 while his blazer from his first series as Test captain was sold for A$132,000 in 2015.
The auction attracted global interest and the price eclipsed the A$425,000 achieved by the late Don Bradman's baggy green when it was sold in 2003.
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