Blades of Glory Cricket Museum is a cricket memorabilia museum located in Pune, Maharashtra, India. It was founded by Rohan Pate, a former Maharashtra cricketer and was inaugurated by Sachin Tendulkar in 2012.[1]
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Established | 2012 |
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Location | Pune, Maharashtra, India |
Coordinates | 18°29′9.2328″N 73°50′36.7152″E / 18.485898000°N 73.843532000°E |
Collection size | 51,000 |
Website | www |
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The museum has a 5,000 sq ft (460 m2) gallery with a collection of over 51,000 cricket items including bats signed by the captains of the world cup winning teams, bats signed by members of World Cup winning teams, signed t-shirts from the 2011 Cricket World Cup winning Indian team, and personal items signed and used by famous international cricketers.[2][3] More than 450 international cricketers have visited the museum.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Pune basks in 'Blades of Glory'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 29 September 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ "Memories come alive in 'Blades of Glory' cricket museum". Merinews. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ "Kedar Jadhav gifts winning ODI t-shirt to Blades of Glory museum". Indian Express. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ "A unique cricketing journey through history at Pune's Blades of Glory museum in India". sport360.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2018.