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India-England Test Series To Be Called As Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy, Find Out What Was It Called Earlier

The Test series between India and England that will commence from June 20 and will now be called as Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy

Sachin Tendulkar and James Anderson

The Test series between India and England that will commence from June 20 and will now be called as Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy, named after two cricketing legends, India's batting legend Sachi Tendulkar and English speedster James Anderson, according to the BBC. Both the cricketers have been honoured with such a prestigious honour. The series has been called as Pataudi Trophy.

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Legends Being Honoured

This trophy is named after two of the greatest players in Test cricket history:

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  • Sachin Tendulkar from India, who is the highest run-scorer in Test matches with 15,921 runs. He played 200 Tests between 1989 and 2013.
  • James Anderson from England, who is their top wicket-taker and holds the record for the most wickets by a pace bowler in Test cricket, with 704 wickets.

Tendulkar and Anderson played 14 Test matches against each other. Anderson dismissed Tendulkar 9 times, more than any other bowler.

India Vs England Schedule

MatchDatesVenueStart Time (GMT)Start Time (IST)Start Time (Local)
1st TestJun 20 (Fri) – Jun 24 (Tue)Headingley, Leeds10:00 AM3:30 PM11:00 AM
2nd TestJul 02 (Wed) – Jul 06 (Sun)Edgbaston, Birmingham10:00 AM3:30 PM11:00 AM
3rd TestJul 10 (Thu) – Jul 14 (Mon)Lord's, London10:00 AM3:30 PM11:00 AM
4th TestJul 23 (Wed) – Jul 27 (Sun)Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester10:00 AM3:30 PM11:00 AM
5th TestJul 31 (Thu) – Aug 04 (Mon)Kennington Oval, London10:00 AM3:30 PM11:00 AM

India Squad

Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (vc, wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Sai Sudarshan, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav.

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