Blades of Glory Cricket Museum

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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[]

  1. ^ "Kedar Jadhav gifts winning ODI t-shirt to Blades of Glory museum". The Indian Express. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Pune basks in 'Blades of Glory' - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 29 September 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b "INSIDE STORY: A unique cricketing journey through history at Pune's Blades of Glory museum in India - Photos - Sport360". sport360.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Memories come alive in 'Blades of Glory' cricket museum". www.merinews.com. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Kedar Jadhav gifts winning ODI t-shirt to Blades of Glory museum". The Indian Express. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2018.

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