By Bipin Dani
MUMBAI, India
(TheSportsNEXT) November 9, 2012: It is not clear whether the actress
Sharmila Tagore wanted the upcoming India-England series be named after her
late husband (Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi) or her late father-in-law Nawab Iftikhar
Ali Khan of Pataudi.
However, the series played between the two nations last year
was played in honour of both Tiger Pataudi and his father. This was revealed by
Neil Robinson, the Research Officer at Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Lord's.
Interestingly, the trophy was initiated not by the England
and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), as widely believed, but the MCC.
Speaking exclusively with TheSportsNEXT.com, Neil Robinson said,
"The Pataudi Trophy was so named (by MCC’s Arts & Library
sub-committee) in honour of both Tiger Pataudi and his father, given the fact
that both were significant cricketing figures in both England and India".
Indian statistician, Sudhir Vaidya pointed out, "The
Wisden 2012 writes in their preview on the India in England, 2011 on page 303 ‘In
fact, the one Indian on show who looked truly distraught was Tiger Pataudi,
whose final public duty before his death a month later was to hand over the
trophy that has borne his family name since 2007’”.
"It means that the Trophy for the family and neither for
any individual nor senior or junior. And it was floated by MCC unilaterally and
not by either of the Boards", Vaidya further added.
"The presentation of trophies is largely a matter for
ECB, but as far as I am aware the Pataudi Trophy will continue to be presented
at the conclusion of every Test series in which England plays host to
India", the MCC official concluded.
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