Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy shared between England vs India: The fifth day of the Oval Test was short but strong and effective. England surrendered to the sharp and sharp bowling of Mohammad Siraj and India managed to win the match full of thrill, action, emotion and thrill. The host team lost by just 6 runs at the Oval and the series ended in a 2-2 draw.
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England vs India: Mian Bhai was adjudged the Player of the Match for taking 9 wickets in the match. Harry Brook and captain Shubman Gill, who thrashed the Indian bowlers on the fourth day of the Oval Test, received the Player of the Series award. Now it was the turn of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. Due to the series ending in a draw, India and England shared this trophy among themselves, which was earlier known as the Pataudi Medal of Excellence.
England vs India: Currently, the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy is not with either of the two teams. In such a situation, the question arises that why did India and England share the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025? According to the rule, if the series ends in a draw, then the winning team of the previous series keeps the trophy. In such a situation, this trophy should have been given to the Indian team but it did not happen.
England vs India: Trophy named after Sachin Tendulkar and James Anderson
England vs India: The Board of Control for Cricket in India and the England Cricket Board together decided to change the name of this trophy from Pataudi Medal of Excellence to Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. Both the boards wanted that the Test series played between India and England should be named after these two legends.
England vs India: Sachin Tendulkar and James Anderson are not only legendary players of their respective countries, but are also the players who have played the most matches in Test cricket. Tendulkar played 200 Test matches for India, while Anderson has participated in 188 Test matches for England so far.
Why did India not get the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy?
After the victory at the Oval, questions arose in the minds of Indian fans as to why India was not given the trophy even though it defeated England 4-1 in a five-match Test series held at home in 2024. In fact, the organizers have decided to consider the 2025 series as the first edition of this trophy. Therefore, the results before this were not included in it. This is why the trophy is currently shared. Fans will have to wait a few more years for its first clear winner to be decided, when these two teams will face each other again.
Evenly matched battles on English soil! ⚖️
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India’s tour of England
India is scheduled to tour England in 2029, while a Test series is also expected between these two teams during the 2027-29 World Test Championship (WTC) cycle, which will be the first Test series of this trophy on Indian soil.
India and England previously competed for the Pataudi Trophy on English soil. The last edition was played in 2021-22, which ended in a 2-2 draw. But England retained the trophy as they won the series 4-1 in 2018. On Indian soil, both these teams used to play for the Anthony de Mello Trophy. Its last edition was held last year, in which India won 4-1.
However, now with this new series, India and England will play only for the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy in both the countries. Both the earlier trophies, the Pataudi Trophy and the Anthony de Mello Trophy, have now been retired.
