Cricket museum in Pune idea enthuses Sachin Tendulkar

'Master Blaster' Sachin Tendulkar showed keen interest in the proposed cricket museum, to be developed in the city in his honour, by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) with funding from the state government.

PMC standing committee chairman Ganesh Bidkar met Sachin on Monday and apprised him about the proposed museum, to be developed on 2 acres in Baner, at a cost of Rs40 crore.

"Sachin offered suggestions during the 10-minute discussion. He was keen to know about the proposed cricket museum,'' Bidkar said, adding that the cricketing legend showed readiness to provide help for the museum.

He said that in the proposed museum, all golden moments in the life of Tendulkar, from his first Test match to the last World Cup, would be depicted.

The state government had proposed a cricket museum in Mumbai in honour of Tendulkar in last year's budget. The PMC standing committee members came to know that Rs40 crore was not utilised as the land was not made available by the Bombay Municipal Corporation.