| Countries |  England India |
|---|---|
| Administrator | ECB BCCI |
| Format | Test cricket |
| First edition | 2025 |
| Latest edition | 2025 Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy |
| Tournament format | Test match series |
| Number of teams | 2 |
| Host | England India |
| Current trophy holder | England & India[1] |
| Most successful | England & India (1 shared) |
| Most runs | Shubman Gill (754) |
| Most wickets | Mohammed Siraj (23) |
| TV | Sky Sports (England) Sony Pictures Networks (India) JioHotstar (India) |
The Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy is awarded to the winner of each Test cricket series between England and India.[2] The trophy was introduced in 2025 and is named in honour of England's former fast medium swing bowler James Anderson and India's former legendary middle-order batsman Sachin Tendulkar to replace the Pataudi Trophy and Anthony de Mello Trophy.[3][4] The first 5-match series ended in a closely fought 2-2 draw.[5][6]
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.[7]
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.[8] 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.[9][10][11]
Shortly after the reveal, the former Indian batter 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.[12] This was despite the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) stating that the trophy was named solely on alphabetical order.[13]
The two teams first met when the India national cricket team toured England in the 1932 season. Thereafter, England and India contested many Test series before 1932.
| Series | England |
India |
Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 19 | 12 | 5 |
| Years | Host | Tests | England
|
India
|
Drawn | Result | Holder | Player(s) of the Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | England
|
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Drawn | Both | Harry Brook Shubman Gill
|
| Total Series | India |
England |
Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | — | — | 1 |
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). [14]
Matches played in England: Sky Sports, Sony Pictures Networks, and JioHotStar.
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.[15] 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.[16]
