In a latest development, the proposed launch of the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy, the new name for the England-India Test series, has been postponed in the wake of the Ahmedabad Air India Plane crash, which took place on June 12.
As per the report, the trophy-revealing ceremony was set to take place on June 14 on the sidelines of the World Test Championship (WTC) final. However, BCCI and ECB have decided to call off the event, which was set to take place at Lord’s.
“Given the tragic events in India, the announcement may wait a while out of respect (for the lives lost),” a very high-ranking ECB official told reporters.
“The BCCI are still deciding on the right time for the announcement. The announcement had been kept flexible due to the tragedy,” the ECB official further said.
On Thursday, an Air India aircraft, carrying 275 passengers crashed near Ahmedabad airport. Almost everyone were killed which is one of the words disaster in aviation history.
After reaching a height of 650m, the plane started to lose height and the Pilot gave a Mayday call to ATC, but when the ATC revert back there was no response and exactly after one minute the aircraft crashed.
The Anderson-Tendulkar name comes in Pataudi Trophy, which was give to the winner of the test series which is played between England and India. However, a few months back, the ECB decided to retire the name and the decision was communicate to the Pataudi family.
However, the renaming of the trophy has stirred a controversy when the ECB named the Test series between India and England on the latter’s soil to honour the legacy of the leading wicket-taker in tests James Anderson and the leading run-scorer in the longest format of the game Sachin Tendulkar.
Sunil Gavaskar and a few members from the Pataudi family were against the move. As per the reports, the ECB had informed Pataudi’s son Saif Ali Khan, about the renaming of the trophy.
The BCCI claimed that the hosts of the series heve every right to name the trophy as per their wish. However, their only request is to preserve the legacy of their former Test skipper in the best possible manner.
