3rd Floor, Govind Gaurav Apartment "C",
Swanand Society Lane 1, Sahakar Nagar 2.
Pune, 411009
Maharashtra India
The Blades of Glory Cricket Museum was formally inaugurated by Sachin Tendulkar in 2012. It is located on the third floor of a residential building and is home to over 12,000 cricket accessories. The museum is owned, curated, and funded by Rohan Pate, a former Under-19 cricketer himself. It is divided into four small rooms and a larger room with banners and cricket equipment that belonged to the Indian Cricket Team. The four small rooms are dedicated to record-making cricketers. The larger room houses different types of equipment and highlights India's World Cup wins.
Spread over 4,000 square feet, the museum houses autographed bats, balls, shoes, pads, jerseys, and so on, from some of cricket’s greatest cricketers. There is a room specially dedicated to Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli, each containing a detailed record of their cricketing careers, including scores, awards, uniforms, equipment, etc. Artefacts from international cricketers like Chris Gayle and Sanath Jayasuriya are also included. Rare items, like caps that belong to former cricketers, torn shoes from iconic balling moments, etc., are also preserved here. The museum boasts of personal visits from cricketers from all over the world. The pictures and posters of these cricketers have been specially signed by them during their visit. Upon entrance, visitors are shown a video that documents the journey of the museum very well.
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Blades of Glory displays a limited edition collector's item that traces the evolution of cricket bats from the 1720s to the current day design. The artefact is placed right at the entrance of the museum.
Mr Pate personally collected these bats from cricketers all over the world. They are all authentic and were used in the actual matches.
The poster is from India's win in the 2011 ICC World Cup. Every time a cricketer from the team visits the museum, he is asked to sign the poster. The bats belong to the cricket team. The caps in the picture have been worn by various captains and bowlers from international cricket teams.
The poster is from India's World Cup win in 1983. The same tradition of asking the players to sign during their visit is followed. The bats on the side belong to the players declared Man of the Match during World Cups.
This room houses a poster of Virat Kohli, keeps a records of the runs he has made so far, has preserved his jerseys, equipment, and also has a potrait made of him using tag pins.
This rooms has kept a record of Tendulkar's cricket performance through the ages, houses his jerseys, caps, equipment, a poster of him, and a collection of miniature bats from all the matches he has been awarded man of the match in.
These are Brett Lee's torn shoes from a match played between India and Australia. Lee was bowling to Dhoni, and the ball went for a six.
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