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Blades of Glory Cricket Museum

Coordinates: 18°29′9.2328″N 73°50′36.7152″E / 18.485898000°N 73.843532000°E / 18.485898000; 73.843532000
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Blades of Glory Cricket Museum
Logo of the museum
Blades of Glory Cricket Museum is located in Maharashtra
Blades of Glory Cricket Museum
Location within Maharashtra
Established2012 (2012)
LocationPune, Maharashtra, India
Coordinates18°29′9.2328″N 73°50′36.7152″E / 18.485898000°N 73.843532000°E / 18.485898000; 73.843532000
Collection size51,000
Websitewww.bladesofglorymuseum.com

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]

Virat Kohli's signed bat at Blades of Glory Cricket Museum

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

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  1. ^ "Pune basks in 'Blades of Glory'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 29 September 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Memories come alive in 'Blades of Glory' cricket museum". Merinews. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Kedar Jadhav gifts winning ODI t-shirt to Blades of Glory museum". Indian Express. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  4. ^ "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.