ECB Changes Mind, India to Play England for the Pataudi Trophy

The Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy will have to wait. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has decided to retain the Pataudi Trophy, named after the late India skipper, for India's upcoming Test series in England.

- Rasesh Mandani

MUMBAI: The Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy will have to wait. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has decided to retain the Pataudi Trophy, named after the late India skipper, for India's upcoming Test series in England.

"The upcoming series will be the Pataudi Trophy," an ECB spokesperson confirmed.

About two months back, ECB wanted to retire the Trophy named after Mansur Ali Khan (Tiger) Pataudi and had written to his family about it. The move drew criticism from Pataudi's wife Sharmila Tagore, the renowned actress. "If the BCCI wants to or does not want to remember Tiger's legacy, it is for them to decide," she told HT, wanting the Indian cricket board to intervene.