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Sachin Tendulkar has urged BCCI and ECB to retain the Pataudi legacy in the India vs England Test series, opposing plans to rename it the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.
Sachin Tendulkar has requested to retain the Pataudi legacy (Picture credit: AFP)
Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar has spoken to BCCI and the England Cricket Board officials to continue with the Pataudi legacy in the upcoming India vs England Test series, according to a report in Cricbuzz, after the boards decided to rename the series as the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.
The trophy comes in place of the Pataudi Trophy, which was being given to the winners of the bilateral Test series in England, but as reports claim, the England Cricket Board has decided to retire it.
ECB had communicated the decision to the members of the Pataudi family as well, although the reaction to the same have not been known.
There seems to be a change of heart in the England Cricket Board after a request from Tendulkar himself.
After the batting legend’s request, Jay Shah, a former BCCI secretary and current chair of the ICC, came along and played a crucial role in ensuring that the Pataudi name in the bilateral series remains undiminished.
“Yes, there is a confirmed plan to retain the Pataudi link in the England-India series,” an ECB official told Cricbuzz.
It might be that the authorities will name a medallion in the name of the late Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, which will, in all likelihood, be given to the winning skipper.
Meanwhile, the proposed grand launch of the trophy, the new symbol of supremacy for the Test series in England, has been postponed.
The decision to defer the launch comes in the wake of the grim mood in India after the Ahmedabad plane crash.
According to the report, the trophy-naming ceremony was scheduled for Saturday, June 14, on the sidelines of the WTC Final.
“Given the tragic events in India, the announcement may wait a while out of respect (for the lives lost). The BCCI are still deciding on the right time for the announcement. The announcement had been kept flexible due to the tragedy,” an ECB official was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz.
More than 275 people, including 241 on board AI-171 Air India aircraft that crashed near the Ahmedabad airport on Thursday afternoon, passed away in what is being regarded as one of the worst aviation disasters in the country.
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