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The new Anderson-Tendulkar trophy honouring the two greats of the game has been unveiled ahead of the Test series between India and England, set to commence tomorrow at Leeds.

The Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy, a joint initiative between the ECB and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), will now represent all future Test series between England and India.

Previously, the series in England was played for the Pataudi Trophy and the series in India for the Anthony De Mello Trophy.

The Pataudi family will continue to be honoured, with a newly commissioned Pataudi Medal to be presented to the winning captain of each England–India Test series.

The trophy features imagery of Anderson and Tendulkar in action, along with their engraved signatures– a fitting tribute to two of the game’s most iconic figures.

Both Anderson and Tendulkar are widely regarded as all-time greats. They are the most-capped players in the history of Test cricket: Tendulkar played 200 matches, and Anderson 188.

Anderson, considered one of the finest exponents of swing bowling, took 704 Test wickets, the most by a fast bowler in the format. The Lancashire seamer ranks third on the all-time list, behind only spinners Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne.

Tendulkar, one of the most complete batters to have graced the game, remains the highest run-scorer in Test history with 15,921 runs. He made his debut at the age of 16 and went on to enjoy a distinguished 24-year international career.

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Speaking on the occasion, James Anderson expressed pride to have his name on this prestigious trophy.

“It’s a proud moment for me and my family to have this iconic series named after Sachin and myself. The rivalry between our two nations has always been something special, full of history, intensity and unforgettable moments, James Anderson said.

“To be recognised in this way is a real honour. I’m looking forward to seeing the next chapter unfold in England this summer. It promises to be compelling, competitive cricket – exactly what you’d expect from two great sides. This is elite sport at its finest,” James Anderson added.

Sachin Tendulkar mentioned the longest format of cricket, noting that it teaches a player to fight against all odds.

“For me, Test cricket embodies life – you give your best, and if things go wrong, it gives you another day to regroup, think, unlearn, and bounce back. It is the highest form of the game that teaches you endurance, discipline and adaptability, against all odds. I owe my foundation to Test cricket, as it has seen me grow from disappointments to triumphs, from aspirations to fulfilment, Sachin Tendulkar stated.

Sachin Tendulkar further highlighted both teams’ role in nurturing the future of Test cricket, emphasising the celebration of red-ball cricket.

“India and England have played a big role in shaping Test cricket in a way that it remains an evolving inspiration for subsequent generations.

And now, as I share this recognition with my on-field challenger and an off-field gentleman, James, I hope that the world celebrates the essence of Test cricket even more, allowing it to traverse boundaries yet untrodden,” Sachin Tendulkar concluded.

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England legend James Anderson has shared his views about cricket’s ‘Fab Four’ comparison with Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar.

The term ‘Fab Four’ was originally coined by late New Zealand great Martin Crowe back in 2013, when he predicted that Virat Kohli, Joe Root, Steve Smith, and Kane Williamson would dominate the cricketing landscape in the upcoming years.

His prediction proved right, as all four players went on to shatter many records and dominate the world, setting an impressive standard of excellence and consistency.

James Anderson, the leading wicket-taking fast bowler in Test cricket, recently appeared on a Podcast where he openly answered the questions regarding cricket’s ‘Fab fours’ comparison with an all time great, Sachin Tendulkar.

“Just below Tendulkar,” said Anderson in reply when asked about the comparison with Fab Four.

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The former India batting maestro, Sachin Tendulkar, is an all-time great, ranking as the leading run-scorer in both ODIs and Test cricket. The little master has amassed 18426 and 15921 runs, respectively, in 50-over and Test matches.

In addition to this question, James Anderson also revealed the toughest batter he had bowled to between Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar.

“I had some success early against Kohli, the first time he came to England in 2014. I really exploited his weakness of outside off-stump, and then the next time I played against him – he had obviously gone back and worked on that – he was totally a different player, Anderson said.

He really had taken his game to a different level, made it very difficult for not just me but for bowlers in general. I got him out 4-5 times in the first series and then didn’t get him out in the next I played against him,” the right-arm pacer added.

The 42-year-old hailed Kohli’s ability to bounce back, noting that he was the most difficult to bowl at due to his mindset.

“Against Sachin, for example, I didn’t feel like there was that sort of shift in dominance. With Kohli, there was definitely a shift. Found him a very difficult player to bowl at because he had that steely mindset, wanted to get into a battle. He’s very competitive, and after that initial success, it was very difficult to bowl against,” James Anderson concluded.

For the unversed, James Anderson had a fierce battle with both batters, dismissing Virat Kohli seven times and Tendulkar nine times in Test matches.

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DUBAI: India star batter Virat Kohli is on the brink of yet another historic milestone, with a chance to surpass the legendary Sachin Tendulkar in his team’s ICC Champions Trophy 2025 clash against Pakistan here on Sunday.

The batting maestro needs just 15 more runs to become only the third player in history to reach 14,000 runs in ODIs, with Tendulkar and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara being the other two.

If Virat Kohli gets there in the match against Pakistan, he will achieve the feat in his 287th innings—significantly faster than Sachin Tendulkar, who reached the landmark in his 350th innings during a match against Pakistan in Peshawar back in 2006.

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He had a chance to break the record during India’s Champions Trophy 2025 opener against Bangladesh. However, he fell cheaply after scoring just 22 runs off 38 balls.

Despite his dismissal, India secured a comfortable victory against Bangladesh by five wickets courtesy of Shubman Gill’s century. The Men in Blue chased 229 in 46.3 overs on the loss of four wickets.

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Playing XIs of Pakistan-India

Pakistan: Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (c)(wk), Tayyab Tahir, Salman Agha, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami

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DUBAI: India star batter Virat Kohli is on the brink of yet another historic milestone, with a chance to surpass the legendary Sachin Tendulkar in his team’s Champions Trophy opener against Bangladesh here on Thursday.

The star batter needs just 37 more runs to become only the third player in history to reach 14,000 runs in ODIs, with Tendulkar and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara being the other two.

If Virat Kohli gets there in the match against Bangladesh, he will achieve the feat in his 286th innings—significantly faster than Sachin Tendulkar, who reached the landmark in his 350th innings during a match against Pakistan in Peshawar back in 2006.

But that’s not the only record within Kohli’s reach as he is just 90 runs away from becoming the first Indian to score 1,000 ODI runs against Bangladesh.

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So far, he has hammered 910 runs in just 16 matches against the Tigers, with five centuries and three fifties to his name.

With India set to kick off their Champions Trophy campaign at the Dubai International Stadium, all eyes will be on Virat Kohli as he looks to rewrite the record books once again.

It’s worth noting that after today’s match against Bangladesh, Team India will face arch-rivals and hosts Pakistan in the much-awaited Champions Trophy clash on 23 February.

Meanwhile, their final group stage match is scheduled against New Zealand on 2 March.

India Squad For ICC Champions Trophy 2025

Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammad Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakaravarthy.

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Former Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir recently revealed that dismissing legendary Sachin Tendulkar was the most special moment of his international career.

The 32-year-old pacer announced his retirement from international cricket earlier this month, bringing an end to a 15-year international career that started in 2009.

Amir announced his decision in a heartfelt note posted on his official X (formerly Twitter) account, following the footsteps of his compatriot Imad Wasim, who announced his retirement a day before.

“After careful consideration, I have taken the difficult decision to retire from international cricket,” he posted. “These decisions are never easy but are inevitable.”

“Representing my country has been and always will be the greatest honour of my life. I would sincerely like to thank the PCB, my family and friends and, above all, my fans for their continuous love & support.”

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During a recent appearance on a sports talk show, Amir reminisced about taking the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar at the age of 17 during the ICC Champions Trophy in 2009.

He described it as the most special moment of his career and shared that it took him a full three days to fully come to terms with the reality of having dismissed one of the greatest batters of all time.

“Dismissing Sachin Tendulkar was the most special moment for me,” said Mohammad Amir. “I bowled to him only once in my life during the 2009 Champions Trophy in South Africa.”

“I had seen him play cricket on TV and always used to think about how brilliant a batsman Sachin was… Bowling to Sachin Tendulkar was a big thing for me.”

“For three days after his dismissal, I was not in my senses; I could not believe I had taken Sachin Paaji’s wicket.”

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KANPUR: Star India batter Virat Kohli on Monday, surpassed Sachin Tendulkar to become the fastest to amass 27000 runs in international cricket on the fourth day of the second Test between India and Bangladesh here at the Green Park Stadium.

Kohli surpassed India’s batting great Sachin Tendulkar, who achieved the feat in 623 innings. The 35-year-old took 594 innings to get to the milestone.

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting and legendary Sri Lanka wicketkeeper batter Kumar Sangakkara are the only two other batters to amass 27000 runs in international cricket.

Fastest to 27000 international runs

Virat Kohli – 594 innings
Sachin Tendulkar – 623 innings
Kumar Sangakkara – 648 innings
Ricky Ponting – 650 innings

Before the commencement of the second Test between India and Bangladesh, Kohli had 8871 Test runs to his name in 114 matches at an average of 48.74.

In ODIs, however, he has scored 13906 runs in 295 matches at a staggering average of 58.18. The right-handed batter also has 4188 runs from 125 T20Is at an average of 48.69.

Most runs in international cricket

34,357 runs – Sachin Tendulkar (782 innings)
28,016 runs – Kumar Sangakkara (666 innings)
27,483 runs – Ricky Ponting (668 innings)
27,012 runs – Virat Kohli in (594 innings)
25,957 runs – Mahela Jayawardene (725 innings)

In a match that was majorly affected by rain, Bangladesh were trailing by 26 runs at Stumps on Day 4 after being reduced to 26/2 in their second innings.

Bangladesh resumed their first innings at 107-3 but could only add 119 more runs to their tally despite an unbeaten century by Mominul Haque.

Haque struck 17 fours and a six on his way to top score for Bangladesh with a gritty 107-run knock.

Skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto (31) was the only other batter with a significant contribution.

Jasprit Bumrah led India’s bowling attack with three wickets, followed by Mohammed Siraj, Ravichandran Ashwin and Akash Deep, who bagged two each.

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In response, Indian batters came out all guns blazing with young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul being the cornerstones of their attempt to force a result.

Jaiswal smashed 12 fours and two sixes on his way to a 51-ball 72 while Rahul made a brisk half-century, scoring 68 off just 43 balls, laced up with seven fours and two sixes.

Seasoned batter Virat Kohli (47) was the next-best run-getter in the home side’s whirlwind first innings. India declared at 285-9 from just 34.4 overs, leaving Bangladesh to face a tricky 11 overs before the Stumps.

The touring party lost two wickets in the process as Ravichandran Ashwin trapped Zakir Hasan (10) lbw before bowling nightwatchman Hasan Mahmud for four.

Shadman Islam (7*) and Mominul Haque will now resume Bangladesh’s second innings from 26/2 on the highly-anticipated final day of the ongoing second Test.

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CHENNAI: Star batter Virat Kohli on Friday, joined batting great Sachin Tendulkar in an elusive list of India batters with more than 12,000 international runs on home soil.

Kohli achieved the feat on the second day of India’s first Test of the three-match series against Bangladesh when he reached six runs in the second innings.

The right-handed batter is only the fifth batter in history to amass 12000 runs on his home soil across formats, joining the ranks of greats like compatriot Tendulkar, Australia’s Ricky Ponting, South Africa’s Jacques Kallis, and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara.

Tendulkar leads the elite list with 14,192 runs in 258 matches across formats, followed by Ponting with 13,117, Kallis with 12,305 and Sangakkara with 12,043.

Batters with more than 12000 runs on home soils

Sachin Tendulkar: 14,192 runs
Ricky Ponting: 13,117 runs
Jacques Kallis: 12,305
Kumar Sangakkara: 12,043 runs
Virat Kohli: 12,011 runs

Despite achieving a significant milestone in the aforementioned fixture, Kohli was far from his best as he managed meagre scores in each of the innings.

He fell for just six in the first innings, getting caught behind off Hasan Mahmud as he tickled a length delivery way outside the off-stump on its way to Litton Das behind the stumps.

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Meanwhile, in the second innings, Virat Kohli appeared to have found the rhythm, having amassed 17 runs and was middling the ball quite effortlessly.

However, the star batter once again failed to convert a good start into a big knock as he was trapped lbw by Mehidy Hasan Miraz on just 17.

Miraz bowled a flighted full ball, landed just outside off and spun in. Virat Kohli stretched forward and looked to flick it away but got deceived by the sharp spin and the ball went through his defence and hit low on his front pad.

The right-handed batter decided not to review the decision but the replay showed that he had faintly edged the ball.

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Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has compared under-performing batter Babar Azam to legendary Indian batter Sachin Tendulkar, citing highlighting similarities in their batting technique.

Rashid talked about Babar’s recent struggles and stated that players like him and Sachin can regain form quicker due to them being technically sound.

“It becomes really difficult for our players to come out of the poor form if there is some issue with their technique. I have seen many players going through a form slump, including Sachin Tendulkar,” said Rashid Latif.

“But since Sachin had a sound and good batting technique, he never took time to overcome the patchy form.”

The ex-wicketkeeper also mentioned that, unlike Sachin, Virender Sehwag took a longer time to regain form due to his inferior technique.

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“On the other hand, players like Virender Sehwag used to take more time to come out of a lean patch. This is the difference between a better player and a comparatively less skilled player,” the former captain added.

Rashid Latif then highlighted the ongoing issues in Babar’s technique, which led to his prolonged batting slump.

“Talking about Babar Azam, he was a skilled player, but in the face of a lean patch, he started charging the ball harder, which made his shot selection really tough,” he said.

“He never gets played on; he always gets troubled tinkering with the ball going away from him. He is literally failing to decide which ball to hit or leave. The entire problem in his batting lies here only,” he further added.

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England star batter Joe Root recently opened up on the prospect of surpassing legendary Indian batter Sachin Tendulkar as the highest run-scorer in Test cricket.

Root, who is enjoying a purple patch with the bat in red-ball cricket, scored another hundred in the ongoing second home Test against Sri Lanka on Saturday, taking his centuries tally to 34.

With his 34th century, Joe Root came level with legends of the game including Pakistan’s Younis Khan, India’s Sunil Gavaskar, Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene, and West Indies’ Brian Lara.

Root, who recently amassed 12,000 runs in Test cricket to become the seventh-highest run-scorer of all time, has second-placed Ponting and Tendulkar’s overall record within sight.

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The English batter has scored 12377 runs, meanwhile, Sachin Tendulkar is leading the list with 15921 runs.

With Root being 33 years old and 3544 runs away from Tendulkar’s record, it’s been discussed among cricket circles that he has a realistic chance of surpassing the Indian legend as the highest run-scorer in Test cricket.

He was asked if he is keeping an eye on breaking Tendulkar’s record after scoring his 34th Test hundred, however, the right-hander stated that he prefers to keep team goals over his personal milestones.

“I just want to play, and try, and do my bit for the team and score the runs as many as I can and see where we get to,” said Joe Root.

“It’s obviously amazing when, you score 100, you’d be lying if you said it wasn’t, a big part of why you start playing the game and what you love about it.

“But there’s no better feeling than winning a Test match. So the more, it can affect games and the more you can, add to the team, the greater it is. So, that will be the main focus. And hopefully more days like this will come with that mentality.”

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Legendary Australia captain Ricky Ponting has backed English batter Joe Root to break the batting records of Indian great Sachin Tendulkar.

Tendulkar holds the record for scoring the most runs in Test cricket — 15,921 from a record 200 matches, followed by Ponting, who scored 13378 runs in 168 games.

Meanwhile, Root is currently the seventh among the highest run-scorers in Test cricket with 12027 runs from 143 matches.

Ponting has predicted that the 33-year-old English batter will be the one to break Tendulkar’s record in Test cricket.

“He (Root) could potentially do that,” Ricky Ponting said in the ICC review. “He is 33 years of age…(more than) 3000 runs behind.”

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The former Australian captain highlighted that if Joe Root participates in 10 to 14 Test matches every year and maintains his current level of performance, he could potentially surpass Sachin Tendulkar within the next four years, achieving this feat at the age of 37.

“It depends on how many Test matches they play, but if they’re playing 10 to 14 Test matches a year, and if you’re scoring 800 to 1,000 runs a year, then that sort of says he’s only three or four years off getting there. So that’ll take him to 37 (years of age),” Ponting added.

“If his hunger’s still there, then there’s every chance that he could do it. He is someone that, in the last couple of years, has gotten better and better.”

“Four or five years ago, he was making a lot of 50s and struggling to go on and make hundreds and he’s gone the other way recently.

“Almost every time he gets to 50 now, he goes on and makes a big hundred. So that’s been the real turnaround for him.”

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