England-India Test series set to be renamed as Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy

The cricketing legends Sachin Tendulkar and James Anderson will have their names etched in history, as the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have decided to rename the Test series between England and India as the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.

Both Tendulkar and Anderson are set to unveil the newly named trophy at Lord’s during the final of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC), which begins on June 11. The announcement comes ahead of the five-match Test series between England and India which will mark the start of the new WTC cycle. The first Test will kick off at Headingley on June 20.

The official reason for renaming the trophy is yet to be revealed and it is believed that both boards aimed to bring consistency by having a single trophy name regardless of where the series is played.

Earlier, the series played in England was called the Pataudi Trophy, named after former Indian captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi. When played in India, it was known as the Anthony de Mello Trophy, honouring one of the founding figures of Indian cricket administration, who served as BCCI’s secretary and president between 1946–47 and 1950–51.

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This move follows a similar format in November 2024, when the England and New Zealand series was renamed the Crowe-Thorpe Trophy in honour of Martin Crowe and Graham Thorpe. Likewise, the India–Australia Test series known as the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, is named after cricketing greats Allan Border and Sunil Gavaskar.

The Indian legend Tendulkar played 200 Test matches, scoring 15,921 runs at an average of 53.78 which included 51 centuries. Anderson is the most successful fast bowler in Test history, claiming 704 wickets in 188 matches, including 32 five-wicket hauls and three 10-wicket match hauls.

India will be led by the newly appointed Test captain Shubman Gill, with Rishabh Pant serving as his deputy for the upcoming England series. The touring squad is one of the youngest Indian Test sides ever to play on English soil.