Australian cricketer Sir Donald George Bradman, widely regarded as the greatest cricketer of all time was born on August 27, 1908. Today is his 110th birth anniversary and search engine giant, Google is honouring him with a colourful doodle. There could not be a better way to remember the cricketing legend, Don Bradman than this beautiful Google doodle. It shows "The Don" smashing a ball out of the park in all whites and the famous baggy green cap. The new generation of cricketers, as well as fans, get a chance to see Sir Don Bradman in action, and it is simply marvellous.

Don Bradman was the was the youngest son of George and Emily born in Cootamundra, New South Wales in 1908. In early years, he developed his cricketing skills by hitting a golf ball off the curved base of a water tank, using a cricket stump, which is much narrower than a bat. At the age of 19 in 1927, Don Bradman made his debut in a first-class match for New South Wales team against Adelaide, and he scored a century, a knock of 188 runs right in his first match. Dilip Sardesai 78th Birth Anniversary: Google Doodle Pays Tribute to the Late Cricketer.

The cricketing world found it hard to fathom the rise of "Boy from Bowral" and his greatness. Bradman was so consistent with his performance his iconic batting average of 99.94 in his Test career that spread over a career of almost 20 years has been cited as the greatest achievement by any sportsman in any major sport. He continues to hold the highest career batting average (minimum 20 innings) after playing 52 Test matches. Just four runs were needed to take his average to 100, but he was dismissed for a duck in his final innings remains another exciting cricketing tale one never gets bored of discussing.

Sir Donald Bradman quite admired Indian cricketing maestro, Sachin Tendulkar. In his book 'Bradman's Best', he had mentioned how was impressed by Sachin while watching a one-day game against Australia in the 1996 Cricket World Cup. Bradman never missed a chance to see an innings of Tendulkar after that. Sachin Tendulkar had met Don Bradman on his 90th birthday at his home in Adelaide. Bradman had himself agreed that Sachin’ technique reminded him of his playing style.

Don Bradman passed away on 25 February 2001, aged 92. He died four years after his wife's death in 1997, with Bradman suffering from "a discernible and not unexpected wilting of spirit". He left the mortal world, but his legacy continues to live on. Nicknamed ‘The Don’, ‘The Boy from Bowral’ and ‘Braddles’, India, the most cricket-obsessed nation remembers Sir Don Bradman on his 110th birth anniversary.

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