Written By: Akshat Jain | Updated: Jun 14, 2025, 3:07 PM
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In this collection of pictures we shall know the what the The Board of Control for Cricket in India requested to England and Wales Cricket Board. Let's dive in.
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The England and Wales Cricket Board's decision to retire the Pataudi Trophy and rename the England vs India five-match Test series as the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy has received mixed reactions.
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According to The Indian Express, to keep the legacy of former India captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi alive, the BCCI has now requested the ECB to name one of its awards for individual performance in a Test series after Pataudi. The board has said that it has no role in renaming the trophy.
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Let us tell you that the ECB has decided to discontinue the Pataudi Trophy this year. Instead, it has announced the launch of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy in line with the modern trend of naming the series after former players. Recently, the ECB, in collaboration with Cricket West Indies, has renamed the Wisden Trophy, established in 1963, as the Richards-Botham Trophy from 2020, which is played between the two teams in honor of two great players Viv Richards and Ian Botham.
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At present, the bilateral series between England and New Zealand is held for the Crowe-Thorpe Trophy which is named after Martin Crowe and Graham Thorpe. The practice of naming bilateral series after players has been going on for a long time. The Border-Gavaskar Trophy has been played between India and Australia since 1996. This is a very prestigious trophy. In such a situation, the decision to change the name of the Pataudi Trophy also seems to have been taken on the same lines.
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At the same time, quoting The Indian Express, the BCCI official said that, ECB decides who they want to name their series after. BCCI has no role in this as it is their domestic series. We have requested them to name one of the post-match trophies after Pataudi and they will respond to us.
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It is worth noting that, earlier this year, the ECB had decided to remove Pataudi's name without giving any official reason. However, they had informed Tiger Pataudi's son and famous actor Saif Ali Khan about this in April this year. The five-match Test series between India and England will start from June 20 at Headingley in Leeds.
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