Overview

• The England-India Test series will be contested for the newly created Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy, replacing the Pataudi Trophy first introduced in 2007.
• It honors Sachin Tendulkar, the highest Test run-scorer, and James Anderson, England’s top wicket-taker with 704 Test wickets.
• The new trophy will be unveiled at Lord’s on June 11 ahead of the five-Test series, which opens the cycle on June 20 at Headingley.
• Anderson described the naming as a huge honour and reflected on his 14 on-field battles with Tendulkar, dismissing him nine times.
• Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar criticized the retirement of the Pataudi Trophy as insensitive to the Pataudi family’s cricket legacy.