Shane Warne impressed by Shyam Bhatia’s cricket museum in Dubai
There has not been a single legendary international cricketer, who, when in the UAE, has not visited Shyam Bhatia’s cricket museum.
The long list includes Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, Gundappa Vishwanath, Arjuna Ranatunga, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayewardene, Imran Khan, Jonty Rhodes, Hashim Amla, Daniel Vettori and many others.
On Monday, the world’s second highest Test wicket-taker Shane Warne, who is the mentor of the Rajasthan Royals IPL team, paid a visit to the museum in Dubai.
“Yes, he came to visit my museum in the evening and we spent some quality time together,” Bhatia said.
“Warne presented a Rajasthan Royal jersey and a team cap to the museum, which will be treasured with other hundreds of items and memorabilia in the museum,” Bhatia added.
“I have never seen memorabilia
like this before. Shyam has put the items of photos, bats, caps, jerseys etc. of every cricketing nation. He has a wide collection of books and some of the books are even 100 years old and cannot be found easily elsewhere in the market,” Warne said.