Pataudi Trophy
 The Trophy | |
| Countries |  England India |
|---|---|
| Administrator | England and Wales Cricket Board |
| Format | Test cricket |
| First edition | 2007 |
| Latest edition | 2021 |
| Tournament format | 5-match test series |
| Number of teams | 2 |
| Host | England |
| Current trophy holder | England |
| Most successful | England (3 series wins & 1 retention) |
| Qualification | ICC World Test Championship |
| Most runs | Joe Root (1,401)[1] |
| Most wickets | James Anderson (100)[2] |
| TV | Sky Sports (England) Sony Pictures Networks (India) |
The Pataudi Trophy,[3][4] was given to the winner of each Test cricket series between England and India for matches played in England.[a] It was designed and made by Jocelyn Burton. The trophy was first awarded in 2007 to mark 75 years since the two teams played their first Test match in 1932. India won the first Pataudi Trophy series in England in 2007.
The series followed the International Cricket Council’s future tours programme. The gap between tours can change. A team had to win a series to hold the Pataudi Trophy. If the series ended in a draw, the team that already held the Trophy retained it.
In 2025, it was announced that the Pataudi Trophy was to be replaced with a new Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy, named after England’s former fast bowler James Anderson and India’s former batter Sachin Tendulkar.[6]
Background
[edit]The first Test series between England and India took place in 1932. Over the following decades, India toured England on fourteen occasions, with England winning eleven titles, India winning two and a series drawn.[citation needed]
Although a trophy was awarded during these contests, it remained unnamed until 2007. That year, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the inaugural series, the England and Wales Cricket Board formally introduced a cricket trophy, named after Pataudi family in their honour.[citation needed]
Introduction of the trophy
[edit]In 2007, the Marylebone Cricket Club commissioned a new trophy to celebrate the 75th anniversary of India's first Test match in 1932. The trophy was designed and crafted by London silversmith Jocelyn Burton in her studio in Holborn. It was later displayed at Jocelyn's exhibition in November and December 2012 at Bentley & Skinner, London.[7]
Naming and renaming
[edit]The trophy was originally named in honour of Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, who remains the only cricketer to have represented both India and England in Test matches, having made three appearances for each national side and his son Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi[8] who captained India apart from playing schools cricket in England..
In 2025, a new trophy was created to jointly honour England's former fast bowler James Anderson, the leading wicket-taker among pace bowlers (with 704 wickets), and India's former batter Sachin Tendulkar, the highest run-scorer (15,921 runs) in Test cricket history.[9]The renaming was criticized, including by late Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi's wife Sharmila Tagore and former cricketer Sunil Gavaskar.[10][11] In order to help address the criticism against the renaming of the trophy and to continue to honour the legacy of Pataudis, the winning captain of the trophy would be presented the Pataudi medal, an idea championed by Sachin Tendulkar.[12]
Series results
[edit]Since 2007, five Test series have been played in England under the officially named trophy. England have won three of these series, India have won one, and one series ended in a draw.[13]
List of series
[edit]| Series | Years | Test matches | England
|
India
|
Drawn | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1932 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | England
|
| 2 | 1936 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | England
|
| 3 | 1946 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | England
|
| 4 | 1952 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | England
|
| 5 | 1959 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | England
|
| 6 | 1967 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | England
|
| 7 | 1971 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | India
|
| 8 | 1974 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | England
|
| 9 | 1979 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | England
|
| 10 | 1982 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | England
|
| 11 | 1986 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | India
|
| 12 | 1990 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | England
|
| 13 | 1996 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | England
|
| 14 | 2002 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Drawn |
| Series | England |
India |
Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| Series | Season | Tests | England
|
India
|
Drawn | Result | Holder | Player(s) of the series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2007[14] | 3
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
India
|
India
|
James Anderson Zaheer Khan
|
| 2 | 2011[15] | 4
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
England
|
England
|
Stuart Broad Rahul Dravid
|
| 3 | 2014[16] | 5
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
England
|
England
|
James Anderson Bhuvneshwar Kumar
|
| 4 | 2018[17] | 5
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
England
|
England
|
Sam Curran Virat Kohli
|
| 5 | 2021[b][18] | 5
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
Drawn | England
|
Joe Root Jasprit Bumrah
|
| Total | 22
|
13
|
5
|
4
|
||||
| Series | England |
India |
Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
See also
[edit]- Laws of cricket
- Cricket terminology
- Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy
- Border–Gavaskar Trophy
- Anthony de Mello Trophy
- Gandhi–Mandela Trophy
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / Test Matches / Batting Records". Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / Test Matches / Bowling Records". Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "India, England to now play for the Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy; legends to unveil silverware". Hindustan Times. 4 June 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ^ "ENG v IND: Pataudi Trophy To Be Renamed After Two Modern-Day Test Record-Breakers | Cricket News Today". Wisden. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ^ "Recognise India-England series as Pataudi Trophy". 6 November 2012.
- ^ "India, England to now play for the Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy; legends to unveil silverware". Hindustan Times. 4 June 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ^ "MCC commissions trophy for England v India series". 9 August 2007. Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- ^ "'Can't quite believe it' - Anderson chuffed after England-India Test series named Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy".
- ^ Miller, Andrew (9 June 2025). "'Can't quite believe it' - Anderson chuffed after England-India Test series named Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/no-disrespect-to-anderson-tendulkar-but-renaming-the-pataudi-trophy-isn-t-quite-cricket-101749297847267.html.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Renaming the Pataudi Trophy: Understanding Why the Decision Matters". The Wire. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/sachin-tendulkar-helped-create-pataudi-medal-for-winning-captain-of-india-vs-england-test-series-1490913.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Team records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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- ^ "Pataudi Trophy, 2011". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Pataudi Trophy, 2014". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Pataudi Trophy, 2018". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Pataudi Trophy, 2021".