Overview

• The ECB and BCCI have officially designated the England-India five-match Test series as the Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy.
• James Anderson said it was a huge honour to share the title with the Indian batting great he admired as a youth.
• Sachin Tendulkar’s 15,921 Test runs and Anderson’s 704 Test wickets underscore their status as icons of the rivalry.
• Sunil Gavaskar condemned retiring the Pataudi Trophy as insensitive to the Pataudi family’s contributions to cricket.
• The first Test begins at Headingley on June 20 and India, led by Shubman Gill, seeks its first series win in England since 2007.