Mumbai, May 11: Food and cricket connoisseurs could now have interesting combination of hot steaming food and cricket memorabilia as they step into the swanky restaurant "Tendulkars" in south Mumbai. The restaurant, floated by the renowned hotelier Sanjay Narang in collaboration with the batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, would now include probably the first-of-its-kind museum exclusively dedicated to the legendary cricketer. The carefully selected memorabilia, spread over eight windows of the restaurant, includes the bat used by Sachin to score 98 against Pakistan in the 2003 World Cup. The shoes worn by Sachin during the match also figure in the list of the objects on display. Sachin's orange socks that has always brought him luck, the series of watches won during the World Cup 2003 and his Man-of-the-Tournament trophy also occupy a position of pride in the museum.

The not-to-be-missed memorabilia include some rare photographs capturing Sachin's happy and sad moments.

'Sachin speaking in a lighter vein to Leander Paes', 'Sachin in the company of Nelson Mandela' and the picture of a 16-year-old Sachin on his first tour to Pakistan are all up for display at the museum.

Bureau Report