Blades of Glory Cricket Museum

Blades of Glory Cricket Museum is a cricket memorabilia museum located in Pune, Maharashtra, India.[1] It was founded by Rohan Pate, a former U-19 Maharashtra cricket player, and formally inaugurated by Sachin Tendulkar in 2012.[2] The museum has over 51,000 cricket items, and more than 450 International Players have visited the place.[3]

Blades of Glory Cricket Museum
Logo of the museum
Established2012 (2012)
LocationPune, Maharashtra, India
Coordinates18°29′9.2328″N 73°50′36.7152″E
Collection size51,000
Websitewww.bladesofglorymuseum.com

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] 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. "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. "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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