
Sachin Tendulkar and James Anderson (Image Credit: England Cricket) The legendary Indian cricket Sunil Gavascar killed the cricket council in England and Wales (ECB) for not inviting James Anderson and Sachin Tendulkar on the Anderson-Telendulkar Trophy.“This was the very first series named after Sachin Tendulkar and Jimmy Anderson, two of the biggest cricket legends. One would expect both to present the trophy to both captains, especially because the series ended in a draw.”He also remembered a similar incident early this year in Australia, where he was expelled from the ceremony of the Trophy Border-Gavascar presentation, and at the end only Allan Border was present. The explanation at that time was that Australia won a series and therefore only their namesake was included.“The best of them were both in England at that time. So, if they weren’t just invited? Or was it similar to what happened in Australia at the beginning of this year when only Allan Border was asked to present the Border-Gavascar trophy because Australia won the series?Gavascar also criticized the practice of awarded the newly introduced medal of Pataudi Captain, who won the position of the series.
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“Most of the worlds are brought by administrators to ensure profits and are quite good, but they may not have much knowledge of the history of the sport they chair. These small gestures are not part of their scheme.”No one in the Pataudi family was there for the Pataudi medal, which was introduced to the captain of the winning team.The stretched series showed how wrong it was to try to repair the straudis by retiring the trophy named after them. Every time the series is drawn, the medal cannot be introduced, is it? Wouldn’t it be better to give the medal the series the series rather than the winning captain? And what if the captain himself had an ordinary series and had a small impact on the result? “Gavascar said.