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Sunil Gavaskar Criticizes ECB Over Snub of Tendulkar and Anderson at Trophy Ceremony

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Legendary India batter Sunil Gavaskar has voiced his displeasure at the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for not inviting Sachin Tendulkar and James Anderson to the presentation of the inaugural Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. The five-match Test series ended 2-2, yet the two cricketing icons โ€” after whom the trophy is named โ€” were absent from the post-series ceremony at The Oval.

Gavaskar Draws a Parallel to His Own BGT Snub

Gavaskar likened the situation to his own experience in Australia earlier this year, where only Allan Border was present for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy presentation after the hosts won.

โ€œ๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™ž๐™ง๐™จ๐™ฉ-๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™จ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ข๐™š๐™™ ๐™–๐™›๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™Ž๐™–๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ช๐™ก๐™ ๐™–๐™ง ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™…๐™ž๐™ข๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ. ๐™Š๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ,โ€ ๐™‚๐™–๐™ซ๐™–๐™จ๐™ ๐™–๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™Ž๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ก๐™ช๐™ข๐™ฃ. โ€œ๐™Ž๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™™๐™ง๐™–๐™ฌ๐™ฃ, ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™–๐™จ๐™ ๐™š๐™™ โ€” ๐™ข๐™ช๐™˜๐™ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ข๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™– ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐˜ฝ๐™ค๐™ง๐™™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™.โ€

At the ceremony, India captain Shubman Gill and England skipper Ben Stokes posed beside the trophy without Tendulkar or Anderson. India had secured a dramatic win in the final Test, bowling England out for 367 while chasing 374, thanks to Mohammed Sirajโ€™s five-wicket haul and Prasidh Krishnaโ€™s key breakthroughs.

Pataudi Medal Controversy

Gavaskar also criticised the way the Pataudi Medal was handled, pointing out that neither the Pataudi family nor the true Player of the Series was honoured as per cricketing tradition. Instead, both Gill and Stokes were given the medal despite the drawn result.

โ€œ๐‘ฌ๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’Š๐’” ๐’…๐’“๐’‚๐’˜๐’, ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Ž๐’†๐’…๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’‚๐’โ€™๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’†๐’๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’„๐’‚๐’‘๐’•๐’‚๐’Š๐’ โ€” ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’„๐’‚๐’–๐’”๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’Š๐’”๐’โ€™๐’• ๐’๐’๐’†,โ€ ๐‘ฎ๐’‚๐’—๐’‚๐’”๐’Œ๐’‚๐’“ ๐’‚๐’“๐’ˆ๐’–๐’†๐’…. โ€œ๐‘ฐ๐’• ๐’˜๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’‡๐’‚๐’“ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’•๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’Š๐’• ๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘บ๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’”, ๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚ ๐’„๐’‚๐’‘๐’•๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’š ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’‰๐’‚๐’… ๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’•๐’๐’† ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’‚๐’„๐’• ๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’–๐’๐’•.โ€

Gill was ultimately named Player of the Series for his 754 runs in his debut series as Test captain, while Harry Brook earned Englandโ€™s equivalent honour.

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