ECB aur BCCI ne milke ek naya tamasha shuru kiya hai! Pataudi Trophy, jo 2007 se England aur India ke Test series ka ek shaan tha, uska naam badal ke ab Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy karne ka faisla kiya gaya hai. Yeh sunke dil thoda sa toot sa gaya, kyunki Pataudi naam ke saath ek itihas juda hai, ek jazba hai, jo shayad naye naam mein nahi dikhta. Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, yaani “Tiger” Pataudi, aur unke father Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi ka cricket ke dono deshon mein ek alag hi yogdaan tha. Unka naam hatana, jaise cricket ke ek purane ped ko kaat dena hai. Aur kya baat hai, yeh faisla lene se pehle Pataudi parivaar se poocha bhi nahi gaya, jaise unki legacy ka koi matlab hi nahi! Sharmila Tagore, Tiger ki wife, ne bhi isse “insensitive” kaha hai, aur Sunil Gavaskar jaise doosre legends ne bhi iska virodh kiya hai.
Lekin thodi der ke liye socho, kya yeh nayi trophy ka naam itna bura hai? Sachin Tendulkar aur James Anderson, dono apne apne zamane ke dhurandhar khiladi. Sachin ke 200 Test matches aur 15,921 runs, aur Anderson ke 188 Tests mein 704 wickets – yeh sankhyaen kisi ke bhi hosh uda sakti hain. Dono ne ek doosre ke khilaaf khelte hue cricket ke maidaan mein aisi ladaiyaan ladi hain jo aaj bhi fans ke dilon mein zinda hain. Yaad hai 2011 ka woh Test match jab Anderson ne Sachin ko out kiya tha, aur fir bhi Sachin ne apne bat se England ke bowlers ko pareshan kiya? Ya phir 2008 ka Chennai Test, jahan Sachin ke shandaar 103 runs ne India ko ek yaadgaar jeet dilayi? Yeh dono khiladi nahi, ek puri kahani hain. ECB aur BCCI ka kehna hai ki yeh naam naye fans ke liye zyada relatable hoga, aur shayad isme kuch sachchai bhi hai. Aaj ke daur mein, jab naye fans cricket ko social media ke zariye dekhte hain, Tendulkar aur Anderson jaise naam ek nayi pehchaan de sakte hain.
Ab zara India ke naye team ki baat karte hain. Shubman Gill ab captain hain, aur Rishabh Pant unke deputy. Yeh ek young team hai, jisme Virat Kohli aur Rohit Sharma jaise bade naam nahi hain, jo ab Test cricket se retire ho chuke hain. Lekin yeh nayi team kamzor nahi hai. Yaad karo 2021 ka Australia tour, jab India ne Gabba mein Australia ke 32 saal ke unbeaten record ko tod diya. Shubman Gill, Pant, aur Washington Sundar jaise naye khiladiyon ne wahan kamaal kiya tha. Aaj bhi, yeh team England ke maidaan mein ek nayi kahani likhne ke liye taiyaar hai. England ke Ollie Pope ne bhi kaha hai ki yeh Indian team talented hai, lekin Kohli ka “aura” miss karegi. Lekin hum kahein, yeh naye khiladi apna alag hi aura banayenge. Har baar jab India ko kamzor samjha gaya, usne duniya ko galat sabit kiya hai – jaise 1983 World Cup mein, jab Kapil Dev ki team ne West Indies ko hara ke sabko hairaan kar diya.
Lekin fir bhi, dil mein ek baat khatakti hai. Pataudi Trophy ka naam badalna, sirf ek trophy ka naam nahi badalna, balki ek puri legacy ko chhota karna hai. Tiger Pataudi ne ek aankh se khelte hue bhi Indian cricket ko ek nayi disha di thi. Unke father Iftikhar ne England aur India dono ke liye khela, ek aisa record jo aaj bhi anokha hai. Yeh naam hatana, jaise cricket ke itihas ke ek panna faad dena hai. Harsha Bhogle ne bhi X par likha ki yeh nayi trophy shayad Tendulkar aur Anderson ke liye ek samman hai, lekin Pataudi ke saath jo “deep connect” tha, woh isme kahi kho sa gaya hai. Aur jab Saad Bin Jung jaise purane khiladi bhi yeh keh rahe hain ki Sachin ko is naam ke liye virodh karna chahiye tha, toh yeh sochne wali baat hai ki kya hum apne itihas ke saath nyay kar rahe hain?
Toh yeh hai Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy ka naya daur, jisme naye khiladi apni kahani likhenge, lekin shayad kuch purane naam aur unki kahaniyan hamesha ke liye dil mein reh jayengi… ya shayad bhool bhi jayengi.
