Par jab baat purane itihas ko bhulane ki aati hai, toh dil mein ek khali pan sa mehsoos hota hai. England aur India ke beech Test series ke liye Pataudi Trophy ka naam badal kar Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy rakhne ka faisla kuch aisa hi hai. Yeh sun kar pehle toh laga ki ek purani parampara ko chheda ja raha hai. Nawab Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi aur unke bete Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, jinhone na sirf India ke liye khela balki dono desh ke cricket ke itihas ko joda, unka naam hatana shayad thodi si na-insafi hai. Sunil Gavaskar ne bhi is faisle par apni narazgi jataayi, yeh keh kar ki yeh Pataudi parivaar ke yogdaan ke saath insensitivity hai. Harsha Bhogle ne bhi kaha ki Pataudi Trophy ka naam ek gehra itihasik rishta darshata tha, jo dono deshon ke cricket ko jodta tha.
Lekin jab hum is naye naam—Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy—par gaur karte hain, toh ek nayi roshni dikhti hai. Sachin Tendulkar aur James Anderson, dono apne-apne mulkon ke dhurandhar khiladi hain. Sachin ke 15,921 Test runs aur 200 matches ka record kisi parichay ka mohtaaj nahi. Unhone England ke khilaaf 2,535 runs banaye, jismein 7 shatak shamil hain, jo unki mahanta ko darshata hai. Doosri taraf, James Anderson, jinhone 188 Test matches mein 704 wickets liye, Test cricket ke sabse safal fast bowler hain. Unhone Sachin ko 14 matches mein 9 baar out kiya, jo kisi bhi bowler ka unke khilaaf sabse bada record hai. Yeh dono khiladi na sirf apne khel se balki apne vyaktitva se bhi cricket ke itihas mein ek alag jagah rakhte hain. Anderson ne ek baar kaha tha ki Sachin ke khilaaf bowling karna ek challenge tha, kyunki unhone kabhi bhi kharab ball daalne ki gunjaish nahi di. Yeh trophy in dono ke is rochak rivalry aur unke apaar yogdaan ka prateek hai.
Is naye trophy ka aagaz ek bade mauke par hone ja raha hai. 11 June 2025 ko Lord’s mein World Test Championship final ke dauraan Sachin aur Anderson is trophy ka anavaran karenge. Yeh ek aisa pal hoga jo cricket fans ke liye yaadgaar rahega. India aur England ke beech yeh five-match series 20 June se Headingley, Leeds mein shuru hogi, jo ek naye World Test Championship cycle ki shuruaat hogi. Is series mein India ke naye captain Shubman Gill ke saath ek nayi team dikhegi, jismein Virat Kohli aur Rohit Sharma jaise stalwarts nahi honge, jo recently Test cricket se retire hue hain. Yeh ek nayi shuruaat hai, aur Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy is naye adhyay ka prateek hai.
Yaad hai jab 2007 mein India ne Rahul Dravid ki captaincy mein England mein Pataudi Trophy jeeti thi? Woh ek aisa samay tha jab Indian team ne dikhaya tha ki woh videshi dharti par bhi jeet sakti hai. Us series mein Dravid ka shandaar pradarshan aur Anil Kumble ka ek hi aankh se khelte hue Tiger Pataudi ka yogdaan cricket ke itihas mein sada yaad rahega. Anderson bhi us dauraan ek naye khiladi ke roop mein ubhar rahe the, aur baad mein unhone India ke khilaaf 149 wickets liye, jo unke career ka ek bada hissa hai. Yeh trophy in dono ke is lamba safar aur cricket ke liye unke pyaar ko samman deta hai.
Par ant mein ek baat dil ko chubhti hai. Pataudi Trophy ka naam badalna shayad ek tarah se itihas ke ek hisse ko bhulana hai. Iftikhar Ali Khan, jo dono deshon ke liye khele, aur Tiger Pataudi, jinhone apni ek aankh ke bawajood Indian cricket ko nayi unchaiyon tak pahunchaya, unka yogdaan kisi se chhupa nahi. Sharmila Tagore ne bhi is faisle ko insensitive kaha, aur yeh baat cricket ke purane fans ke dil ko chhoo jati hai. Kya yeh naya naam sach mein purane itihas ka sammaan karta hai, ya fir yeh ek aisa kadam hai jo cricket ke gehre rishton ko thoda sa dheela kar deta hai? Yeh sawal shayad waqt hi jawab dega.
