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 Test series 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.[6] India won the first Pataudi Trophy series in England in 2007.[7] 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.[8]
In 2025, it was announced that the Pataudi Trophy was to be replaced with a new Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy, named after England’s former swing bowler James Anderson and India’s former middle order batsman Sachin Tendulkar.[3] A new Pataudi Medal of Excellence was announced to be awarded to the winning captain of the Anderson Tendulkar series.[9]
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 one series drawn.[10]
In 2007, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the inaugural series, the England and Wales Cricket Board formally introduced a cricket trophy, named after the Pataudi family. [11]
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.[12]
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 Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi[13] who captained India after from playing school cricket in England.[14] Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi studied at Winchester College, one of the prestigious public schools in England and played for the school's cricket team. After Winchester, he went on to Balliol College, Oxford, where he played first-class cricket for Oxford University and also made appearances for Sussex County Cricket Club.[15][14]
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.[16]The renaming was criticized, including by late Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi's wife Sharmila Tagore , former cricketers Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev.[17][18] 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 by Sachin Tendulkar.[19]
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.[20]
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[21] | 3
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
India
|
India
|
James Anderson Zaheer Khan
|
| 2 | 2011[22] | 4
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
England
|
England
|
Stuart Broad Rahul Dravid
|
| 3 | 2014[23] | 5
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
England
|
England
|
James Anderson Bhuvneshwar Kumar
|
| 4 | 2018[24] | 5
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
England
|
England
|
Sam Curran Virat Kohli
|
| 5 | 2021[b][25] | 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.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ https://www.livemint.com/sports/cricket-news/kapil-dev-breaks-silence-on-anderson-tendulkar-trophy-controversy-feels-a-little-strange-does-this-also-happen-11750328321918.html
- ^ "Pataudi Trophy 2007 | Live Score, Schedule, News". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ https://www.msn.com/en-in/sports/cricket/james-anderson-gets-emotional-as-pataudi-trophy-replaced-with-anderson-tendulkar-series/ar-AA1GpJce
- ^ "ENG vs IND series-winning captain to get Pataudi medal on Sachin Tendulkar's request". India Today. 17 June 2025.
- ^ "India-Australia Test series: How India's first Australia tour almost did not happen". www.bbc.com. 19 November 2024.
- ^ "Renaming the Pataudi Trophy: Understanding Why the Decision Matters". The Wire.
- ^ "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". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ a b Frith, David (25 September 2011). "Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi obituary" – via The Guardian.
- ^ "The Tiger's lair". www.telegraphindia.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "No disrespect to Anderson-Tendulkar, but renaming the Pataudi Trophy isn't quite cricket". 7 June 2025.
- ^ "Renaming the Pataudi Trophy: Understanding Why the Decision Matters". The Wire. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ "'Wanted to keep Pataudi legacy alive' - how Tendulkar helped in creating Pataudi medal". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Team records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ "Pataudi Trophy, 2007". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Pataudi Trophy, 2011". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Pataudi Trophy, 2014". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Pataudi Trophy, 2018". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "England v India Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com".