Rohan Pate, a former U-19 Maharashtra cricket player, founded Blades of Glory Cricket Museum in Pune.[1] Sachin Tendulkar formally inaugurated Blades of glory in 2012.[2] The museum has over 51,000 cricket items, and more than 450 International Players have visited the place.[3]
About the gallery
The gallery has many cricket items such as bats signed by the captains of the World Cup winning team; personal cricket items signed and used by Sir Donald Bradman, Kapil Dev, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Desmond Haynes, Sir Alastair Cook , Sir Viv Richards, Ricky Pointing, Imran Khan, Sunil Gavasakar, Wasim Akram, Jaques kallis, Sourav Ganguly and Virat Kohli; bats signed by each member of World Cup winning team; world T20 team; and a pair of trousers that Sachin Tendulkar wore in test cricket in his 50th century and world cup 2011 winning used and signed shirt.[3][4][5]
The gallery is 5000 sq.ft long with a large collection of autographs of cricketers in various themes.[5]
References
- ↑ Kedar Jadhav gifts winning ODI t-shirt to Blades of Glory museum. The Indian Express(2017-02-08). Retrieved 2018-12-27.
- ↑ Pune basks in 'Blades of Glory' - Times of India. The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 INSIDE STORY: A unique cricketing journey through history at Pune’s Blades of Glory museum in India - Photos - Sport360. sport360.com. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
- ↑ Memories come alive in 'Blades of Glory' cricket museum. www.merinews.com. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kedar Jadhav gifts winning ODI t-shirt to Blades of Glory museum. The Indian Express(2017-02-08). Retrieved 2018-12-27.