‘This decision is strange’, Kapil Dev angry at the decision to change the name of Pataudi Trophy after Sunil Gavaskar

‘This decision is strange’, Kapil Dev angry at the decision to change the name of Pataudi Trophy after Sunil Gavaskar Tezzbuzz | 19/06/2025 10:24:22

India vs England: The 5 Test match series between India and England is starting from June 20. The first Test of the series will be played at Headingley in Leeds from June 20. England has announced its playing 11 for the first Test match against India on June 18 itself. At the same time, before the start of this series, the issue of changing the name of the Pataudi Trophy has been a matter of constant discussion. After Sunil Gavaskar, now Kapil Dev has expressed surprise at this decision.

Kapil Dev is surprised by the change of name of Pataudi Trophy

Actually, recently the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has changed the name of the Pataudi Trophy of the India-England Test series to Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy, but the decision to change the name of the Pataudi Trophy was criticized by many legends including Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar. Now former Indian captain Kapil Dev has expressed surprise at changing the name of the Pataudi Trophy to Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy and called this decision strange. He said that it seems a bit strange. Does this also happen? But it is okay, everything happens in cricket.

The winning captain will receive the Pataudi Medal

However, the England Cricket Board has said that the name Pataudi will not be completely removed from the India-England Test series. The Pataudi Medal will be awarded to the winning captain of the series by the England Cricket Board i.e. ECB. In this way, the name of the royal Pataudi family will always be associated with respect in the history of India-England cricket.

England playing 11 for the first Test against India:

Jack Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (captain), Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue and Shoaib Bashir.

Team India’s squad for the Test series against England:

Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (vice-captain and wicketkeeper), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.