Pataudi Trophy

The Pataudi Trophy

The Pataudi Trophy
Countries	England   India
Administrator	BCCI and ECB
Format	Test cricket
First edition	2007
Latest edition	2021
Next edition	2025
Tournament format	5-match test series
Number of teams	2
Host	England
Current trophy holder	England
Most successful	England (3 series wins & 1 retention)
Qualification	ICC World Test Championship
Most runs	Joe Root (1,401) [1]
Most wickets	James Anderson (100) [2]
TV	Sky Sports (England) Sony Pictures Networks (India)

The Pataudi Trophy is awarded to the winner of each Test cricket series between England and India contested in England. The trophy itself was designed and made by Jocelyn Burton. It was first awarded in 2007 to commemorate the 75 years since the first Test match between the two sides. India won the first Pataudi Trophy in England in 2007.

Series are played in accordance with the International Cricket Council's future tours programme, with varying lengths of time between tours. If a series is drawn then the country holding the Pataudi Trophy retains it.

Summary of results

Year	Winning team
2007	India
2011	England
2014	England
2018	England
2021	Drawn

Total Series	England	India	Drawn
5	3	1	1

Background test series

The trophy is named after the Pataudi cricketing family. Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi played for both international teams on three occasions and is the only man to have played for both England and India in Test matches. Iftikhar's son Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi was a long-term captain of the Indian side in the 1960s and 1970s. The Pataudi Trophy is presented to the victorious team as a symbol of its victory.

In India, the England–India Test series is played for the Anthony de Mello Trophy, albeit there have been attempts to make the Pataudi Trophy the winner's prize in India, as well as England. ^[3]

Prior to the trophy's inception, India played in England for fourteen series. The overall record was 11 English victories, two Indian victories, and one drawn series. ^[4]

Series played prior to the inception of the Pataudi Trophy

Series	Years	Test matches	England	India	Drawn	Result
1	1932	1	1	0	0	England
2	1936	3	2	0	1	England
3	1946	3	1	0	2	England
4	1952	4	3	0	1	England
5	1959	5	5	0	0	England
6	1967	3	3	0	0	England
7	1971	3	0	1	2	India
8	1974	3	3	0	0	England
9	1979	4	1	0	3	England
10	1982	3	1	0	2	England
11	1986	3	0	2	1	India
12	1990	3	1	0	2	England
13	1996	3	1	0	2	England
14	2002	4	1	1	2	Drawn

Total Series	England	India	Drawn
14	11	2	1

Trophy

In 2007, Marylebone Cricket Club commissioned a new trophy to celebrate the 75th anniversary of India's first Test match in 1932. The trophy was designed and made by London Silversmith Jocelyn Burton in her studio in Holborn. The Trophy was displayed at Jocelyn's exhibition in November and December 2012 at Bentley & Skinner, London. ^[5]

Pataudi Trophy series

A team must win a series to hold the Pataudi Trophy. A drawn series results in the previous holders retaining the trophy. Five complete Pataudi Trophy series have been played, with India winning one, England three, and one drawn.

Series	Season	Tests	England	India	Drawn	Result	Holder	Player(s) of the series
1	2007 [6]	3	0	1	2	India	India	James Anderson Zaheer Khan
2	2011 [7]	4	4	0	0	England	England	Stuart Broad Rahul Dravid
3	2014 [8]	5	3	1	1	England	England	James Anderson Bhuvneshwar Kumar
4	2018 [9]	5	4	1	0	England	England	Sam Curran Virat Kohli
5	2021 [a] [10]	5	2	2	1	Drawn	England	Joe Root Jasprit Bumrah
6	2025	5
Total		22	13	5	4

Total Series	England	India	Drawn
5	3	1	1

See also

• Laws of cricket
• Cricket terminology
• Border–Gavaskar Trophy
• Anthony de Mello Trophy
• Freedom Trophy (cricket)

Notes

1. The final test was played in 2022.

References

1. "Statistics / Statsguru / Test Matches / Batting Records". Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
2. "Statistics / Statsguru / Test Matches / Bowling Records". Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
3. "Recognise India-England series as Pataudi Trophy". 6 November 2012.
4. "Team records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
5. "MCC commissions trophy for England v India series". 9 August 2007. Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
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8. "Pataudi Trophy, 2014". ESPNcricinfo.
9. "Pataudi Trophy, 2018". ESPNcricinfo.
10. "Pataudi Trophy, 2021".