Pataudi Trophy
{{Short description|Defunct Test cricket series between India and England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{distinguish|Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament main
| name = Pataudi Trophy
| image = Pataudi trophy.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = The Trophy
| country = {{cr|ENG}}
{{cr|IND}}
| administrator = England and Wales Cricket Board
| cricket format = Test cricket
| first = 2007
| last = 2021
| tournament format = 5-match test series
| participants = 2
| host = {{cr|England}}
| trophyholder = {{cr|England}}
| most successful = {{cr|England}} (3 series wins & 1 retention)
|qualification = ICC World Test Championship
| most runs = {{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Root (1,401){{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;host=1;opposition=1;opposition=6;orderby=runs;spanmin2=19+Jul+2007;spanval2=span;team=1;team=6;template=results;type=batting|title=Statistics / Statsguru / Test Matches / Batting Records|work=Cricinfo |access-date=10 February 2021}}
| most wickets = {{flagicon|ENG}} James Anderson (100){{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;host=1;opposition=1;opposition=6;orderby=wickets;spanmin1=19+Jul+2007;spanval1=span;team=1;team=6;template=results;type=bowling|title=Statistics / Statsguru / Test Matches / Bowling Records|work=Cricinfo |access-date=10 February 2021}}
| TV = Sky Sports (England)
Sony Pictures Networks (India)
}}
The Pataudi Trophy,{{cite news |title=India, England to now play for the Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy; legends to unveil silverware |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/india-england-to-now-play-for-the-tendulkar-anderson-trophy-legends-to-unveil-silverware-on-101749172971600.html |access-date=6 June 2025 |website=Hindustan Times |date=4 June 2025}}{{Cite web |date=2025-06-05 |title=ENG v IND: Pataudi Trophy To Be Renamed After Two Modern-Day Test Record-Breakers {{!}} Cricket News Today |url=https://www.wisden.com/series/england-vs-india-m-2025/cricket-news/pataudi-trophy-renamed-after-two-modern-day-test-record-breakers |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=Wisden |language=en}} was given to the winner of each Test cricket series between England and India for matches played in England.{{Efn|When played in India, the trophy is known as the Anthony de Mello Trophy.{{cite news | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-england-2012/content/story/590036.html | title=Recognise India-England series as Pataudi Trophy | date=6 November 2012}}}} 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.{{cite news |title=India, England to now play for the Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy; legends to unveil silverware |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/india-england-to-now-play-for-the-tendulkar-anderson-trophy-legends-to-unveil-silverware-on-101749172971600.html |access-date=6 June 2025 |website=Hindustan Times |date=4 June 2025}}
Background
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|date=June 2025}}
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|date=June 2025}}
Introduction of the trophy
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.{{cite news | url=http://www.lords.org/latest-news/news-archive/mcc-commissions-pataudi-trophy-for-england-v-india-series,913,ns.html | title=MCC commissions trophy for England v India series | date=9 August 2007 | access-date=21 July 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613030311/http://lords.org/latest-news/news-archive/mcc-commissions-pataudi-trophy-for-england-v-india-series,913,NS.html | archive-date=13 June 2010 | url-status=dead }}
Naming and renaming
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{{Cite web |title= 'Can't quite believe it' - Anderson chuffed after England-India Test series named Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/james-anderson-chuffed-after-england-india-test-series-named-anderson-tendulkar-trophy-1489531}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Andrew |date=2025-06-09 |title='Can't quite believe it' - Anderson chuffed after England-India Test series named Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/james-anderson-chuffed-after-england-india-test-series-named-anderson-tendulkar-trophy-1489531 |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}The renaming was criticized, including by late Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi's wife Sharmila Tagore and former cricketer Sunil Gavaskar.{{Cite web |title= |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/no-disrespect-to-anderson-tendulkar-but-renaming-the-pataudi-trophy-isn-t-quite-cricket-101749297847267.html}}{{Cite web |title=Renaming the Pataudi Trophy: Understanding Why the Decision Matters |url=https://thewire.in/sport/renaming-the-pataudi-trophy-understanding-why-the-decision-matters |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=The Wire |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |title= |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/sachin-tendulkar-helped-create-pataudi-medal-for-winning-captain-of-india-vs-england-test-series-1490913}}
Series results
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.{{Cite web|title=Team records {{!}} Test matches {{!}} Cricinfo Statsguru {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;home_or_away=1;opposition=6;orderby=start;team=1;template=results;type=team;view=series|access-date=2020-07-09|website=Cricinfo}}
List of series
| class="wikitable"
|+India–England Test series before Pataudi series (pre-2007) |
| Series
!Years !Test matches ! style="background: #FA8072;" | {{cr|England}} ! style="background:#99ccff" | {{cr|India}} ! style="background:#FFE4E1| Drawn !Result |
|---|
| align="center" | 1
| 1932 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0 | style="background: #FA8072;" |{{cr|ENG}} |
| align="center" | 2
| 1936 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 1 |style="background: #FA8072;" |{{cr|ENG}} |
| align="center" | 3
| 1946 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 2 |style="background: #FA8072;" |{{cr|ENG}} |
| align="center" | 4
| 1952 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 1 |style="background: #FA8072;" |{{cr|ENG}} |
| align="center" | 5
| 1959 | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0 |style="background: #FA8072;" |{{cr|ENG}} |
| align="center" | 6
| 1967 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0 |style="background: #FA8072;" |{{cr|ENG}} |
| align="center" | 7
| 1971 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 2 | style="background:#99ccff" | {{cr|India}} |
| align="center" | 8
| 1974 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0 |style="background: #FA8072;" |{{cr|ENG}} |
| align="center" | 9
| 1979 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 3 |style="background: #FA8072;" |{{cr|ENG}} |
| align="center" | 10
| 1982 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 2 |style="background: #FA8072;" |{{cr|ENG}} |
| align="center" | 11
| 1986 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 1 | style="background:#99ccff" | {{cr|India}} |
| align="center" | 12
| 1990 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 2 |style="background: #FA8072;" |{{cr|ENG}} |
| align="center" | 13
| 1996 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 2 |style="background: #FA8072;" |{{cr|ENG}} |
| align="center" | 14
| 2002 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 2 | style="background:#FFE4E1| Drawn |
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Series | style="background: #FA8072;"| {{cr|England}} | style="background:#99ccff" | {{cr|India}} | style="background:#FFE4E1"| Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| align="center" | 14
| align="center" | 11 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 1 |
| class="wikitable"
|+India–England Test series played for the Pataudi Trophy |
| class="unsortable" | Series
!class="unsortable" | Season !class="unsortable" | Tests ! style="background: #FA8072;" | {{cr|England}} ! style="background:#99ccff" | {{cr|India}} ! style="background:#FFE4E1| Drawn !class="unsortable" |Result !class="unsortable" | Holder !class="unsortable" | Player(s) of the series |
|---|
| scope=row align=center | 1
|2007{{cite web|title=Pataudi Trophy, 2007|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/258452.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}} | {{center|3}} | {{center|0}} | {{center|1}} | {{center|2}} | style="background:#99ccff" | {{cr|India}} | style="background:#99ccff" | {{cr|India}} | {{flagicon|ENG}} James Anderson |
| scope=row align=center | 2
|2011{{cite web|title=Pataudi Trophy, 2011|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/474459.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}} | {{center|4}} | {{center|4}} | {{center|0}} | {{center|0}} | style="background: #FA8072;" | {{cr|England}} | style="background: #FA8072;" | {{cr|England}} | {{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Broad |
| scope=row align=center | 3
|2014{{cite web|title=Pataudi Trophy, 2014|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/667697.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}} | {{center|5}} | {{center|3}} | {{center|1}} | {{center|1}} | style="background: #FA8072;" | {{cr|England}} | style="background: #FA8072;" | {{cr|England}} | {{flagicon|ENG}} James Anderson |
| scope=row align=center | 4
|2018{{cite web|title=Pataudi Trophy, 2018|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/1119531.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}} | {{center|5}} | {{center|4}} | {{center|1}} | {{center|0}} | style="background: #FA8072;" | {{cr|England}} | style="background: #FA8072;" | {{cr|England}} | {{flagicon|ENG}} Sam Curran |
| scope=row align=center | 5
|2021{{efn|The final test was played in 2022.}}{{cite web|title=Pataudi Trophy, 2021|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/engvind/engine/records/team/series_results.html?class=1;id=1;id=6;type=headtohead}} | {{center|5}} | {{center| 2 }} | {{center| 2 }} | {{center| 1 }} | style="background:#FFE4E1 | Drawn | style="background: #FA8072;" | {{cr|England}} | {{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Root |
| colspan="2" align="center" style="bold"|Total
!{{center|22}} !{{center|13}} !{{center|5}} !{{center|4}} !colspan="3" align="center" style="bold"| |
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Series | style="background: #FA8072;"| {{cr|England}} | style="background:#99ccff" | {{cr|India}} | style="background:#FFE4E1| Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| align="center" | 5
| align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1 |
See also
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