Updated On: 24 August, 2025 08:27 AM IST | Mumbai | Sujay Shivalkar
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Legendary Team India batsman Sunil Gavaskar (Pic: X/@ICC)
The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA), one of India`s richest domestic boards, is set to inaugurate the newly constructed Sharad Pawar Cricket Museum within the Wankhede Stadium premises on Saturday.
The museum is named after Pawar, who served as the MCA President from 2001 to January 2011.
One of the highlights at the venue is the statue of the legendary Sunil Gavaskar.