kolkata cricket legends sachin tendulkar and sourav ganguly on sunday joined indias olympics and paralympics heroes abhinav bindra devendra jhajharia and deepa malik and asked the countrymen to remember the inspiring feats of the nations sporting heroesits extremely important to know our indian sporting heroes we have had so many world class sportsmen who are no more alive but they have brought laurels to our nation they have earned the country gold silver and bronze medals tendulkar said after the opening of fannatic sports museum the boria mazumdar collection at ecospace business park herewe cannot forget them they are not alive not in front of us but they should be in our minds and this would help to keep them get inspired and motivatedthis is where it all starts where youngsters get inspired by great sportspersons i congratulate boria and his team for this amazing museum its not just for kolkata its for india the batting maestro addedtendulkar who is here on a twoday visit that saw him flagging off the idbi federal life insurance kolkata full marathon this morning also urged the youngsters to lead a healthier lifestyleadmitting that indians are not active enough he said we prefer to be on sofa and pass statements like aisa khelne chahiye tha aisa hona chahiye thashould played this way or have done thisim not saying everyone needs to become a professional sportsperson but to lead an active lifestyle you need to engage yourself in some activities burn those calories everyday on dining table we always dont mind having an extra paratha reverse that and spend those extra five 10 minutes in the gym it will help he saidthe museum on a 6700 square feet area welcomes everyone with the atletico de kolkatas glittering indian super league silverware on the left as many historic artifacts have found a placethe collection also includes tendulkars 100th century gloves bat and jersey pv sindhus silver medal winning jersey and bindras epic 2008 olympics gold medal winning glovesits not only confined to indian sportspersons as it has some autographed memorabilia from tennis aces roger federer and rafael nadal and sprint king usain bolthere we are talking about all sports thats why i would like as many youngsters to go there and understand the history of sport mainly indian sport tendulkar said hailing the initiative ganguly said this sort of initiatives may not be as important as playing a cricket match but to keep this game going and keep the games in the minds of people its importantlike all of you who have seen the museum will recollect what sachin did the great bradman ian chappell or ms dhoni did right throughout their career its in the appropriate place he saidhope all of you can come and spend time and relive the memories of all the greats who have put in tireless efforts in their careers because when you see a sachin bat on which he scored the 100th century you feel inspired its a wonderful