New Delhi: With India all set to take on England in a five-game Test series scheduled to kick off from June 20, through mutual discussions within the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) and the ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board), the series between the two teams, which was originally called the Pataudi Trophy, is being renamed as the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.
Originally named after the late Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, the decision to rebrand the trophy has not sat well with former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar. Speaking on the same, Gavaskar opined that the rebranding of the trophy shows a lack of sensitivity towards the late MAK Pataudi and his contributions to Indian cricket.
“The recent news that the ECB is going to retire the Pataudi Trophy, given to the winners of the Test series between England and India in England, is disturbing indeed. This is the first time one has heard of a trophy named after individual players being retired, though the decision is entirely the ECB’s, and the BCCI may well have been informed. It shows a total lack of sensitivity to the contribution made by the Pataudis to cricket in both England and India,” Gavaskar wrote in his column for Sportstar.
