Kolkata's sports museum to display Don Bradman's cricket bat from first India Australia tour of 1947-48
The Fanattic Sports Museum is a collaboration between Ambuja Neotia Group and author and sports journalist Boria Majumdar.
The souvenir was handed over to the Museum by former Australian cricket captain, Michael Clarke, on behalf of Nikhil Daftary, a well-known sports collector from Melbourne, who actually presented and loaned the bat to the museum.
The event, held at Ecospace on Wednesday, was attended by sports personalities such as Jhulan Goswami and Deep Dasgupta.
Clarke presented to the museum a signed hand painted poster capturing his highest moment in cricket, where he scored 329 not out against India in January 2012 in Sydney.
The museum displays the proud achievements of many Indian sports personalities, including Sachin Tendulkar’s 100th 100 gloves, bat, sweater and jersey.
The collection also includes PV Sindhu’s Rio Medal winning jerseys and contributions from VVS Laxman, Sourav Ganguly, Virat Kohli, Deepa Malik, Abhinav Bindra, Devendra Jhajharia, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravichandran Ashwin, Karun Nair, Mary Kom, Vijender Singh and Gopichand.
The museum aims to enthuse the audience about India’s Olympic encounter from the very start in the 1880s and focus on Indian cricket from its inception and even earlier.
Dr. Boria Majumdar said, “It’s a privilege to have Michael back and I am delighted that he has presented Sir Donad Brandman’s Bat which is a special addition inside the museum.”
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