Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy

The Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy is awarded to the winner of each Test cricket series between England and India. The trophy was introduced in 2025 and is named in honour of England's James Anderson and India's Sachin Tendulkar to replace the previous Pataudi Trophy and Anthony de Mello Trophy. The first 5-match series ended in a closely fought 2–2 draw.

History The series forms part of the ICC Future Tours Programme, so the gap between tours varies depending on scheduling. To claim the Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy, a team must win the series; if the series is drawn, the side holding the trophy from the previous series retains it.

The Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy replaced both the Pataudi Trophy and the Anthony de Mello Trophy, which were awarded for series winners hosted in England and India respectively. To continue to honour the legacy of the Nawab of Pataudi and Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, two past Indian captains, the winning captain of the trophy is presented the Pataudi medal of excellence, an idea suggested by Sachin Tendulkar to BCCI and the ECB.

Shortly after the reveal, the former Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar criticised the naming of the trophy, stating he believed that Tendulkar's name should have come first and encouraged Indian fans to deliberately misname it when mentioning it. This was despite the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) stating that the trophy was named solely on alphabetical order.

Background Test series and one-off encounters not under the trophy The two teams first met when the British India cricket team toured England in the 1932 season for a one-off Test and 25 first-class matches, primarily against English domestic sides.

Years Host TestsDrawnResult 1932 1 1 0 0 1933–34 3 2 0 1 1936 3 2 0 1 1946 3 1 0 2 Total 10 6 0 4 –

The first series after Indian independence was played in 1951–52 in India; shortly followed by India's tour of England in 1952. There have been regular Test series been the two nations ever since.

Years Host TestsDrawnResultTrophy 1951–52 5 1 1 3Drawn Anthony de Mello Trophy 1952 4 3 0 1 – 1959 5 5 0 0 – 1961–62 5 0 2 3 Anthony de Mello Trophy 1963–64 5 0 0 5Drawn Anthony de Mello Trophy 1967 3 3 0 0 – 1971 3 0 1 2 – 1972–73 5 1 2 2 Anthony de Mello Trophy 1974 3 3 0 0 – 1976–77 5 3 1 1 Anthony de Mello Trophy 1979 4 1 0 3 – 1979–80 1 1 0 0 Golden Jubilee Test 1981–82 6 0 1 5 Anthony de Mello Trophy 1982 3 1 0 2 – 1984–85 5 2 1 2 Anthony de Mello Trophy 1986 3 0 2 1 – 1990 3 1 0 2 – 1992–93 3 0 3 0 Anthony de Mello Trophy 1996 3 1 0 2 – 2001–02 3 0 1 2 Anthony de Mello Trophy 2002 4 1 1 2Drawn – 2005–06 3 1 1 1Drawn Anthony de Mello Trophy 2007 3 0 1 2 Pataudi Trophy 2008–09 2 0 1 1 Anthony de Mello Trophy 2011 4 4 0 0 Pataudi Trophy 2012–13 4 2 1 1 Anthony de Mello Trophy 2014 5 3 1 1 Pataudi Trophy 2016–17 5 0 4 1 Anthony de Mello Trophy 2018 5 4 1 0 Pataudi Trophy 2020–21 4 1 3 0 Anthony de Mello Trophy 2021 5 2 2 1Drawn Pataudi Trophy 2023–24 5 1 4 0 Anthony de Mello Trophy Total 126 45 35 46 –

Series results Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy results YearsHostTests DrawnResultHolderPlayer(s) of the Series 2025 5 2 2 1Drawn Both Harry Brook Shubman Gill

Total Series Drawn 1 1

Namesakes James Anderson who played 188 Test matches for England, is the leading wicket-taker for his team, and also currently holds the record for the most wickets taken by a fast bowler in Test cricket (704 wickets). Sachin Tendulkar, who played 200 Test matches for India, is the current leading run-scorer for his team and in Test cricket (15,921 runs).

Media coverage Matches played in England: Sky Sports, Sony Pictures Networks, and JioHotStar.

2025 series The 5-match series ended in a 2–2 draw between India and England. Shubhman Gill was the highest run scorer among batsmen with 754 runs. Mohammed Siraj was the highest wicket-taking bowler in the series with 23 wickets. For England, Joe Root scored the highest amount of runs with 537 runs, and Josh Tongue took 19 wickets. Harry Brook was the man of the series from the English side. Shubman Gill was the man of the series from the Indian side. India, who were trailing 2–1 in the series, fought back in the last test to level the series.

Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy

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