India vs England 2021 Test match series (The Anthony De Mello Trophy)
Rarely is a series between two nations called differently based on the host nation but India-England test series lifter are awarded trophies based on the host.
In England, it’s The Pataudi Trophy named after the famous Pataudi family which produced the father-son duo & two very famous cricketers Iftikhar Ali Khan & his son Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi is presented to the conqueror of India – England series in England.
The trophy was introduced by the Marylebone cricket club (MCC) in 2007 when India toured England to celebrate the 75th anniversary of India-England test ties. In India, it’s called The Anthony De Mello Trophy. The trophy was instituted in 1951 when England England toured India officially for a test series (5 matches).
The trophy was named after Anthony Stanislaus De Mello was an Indian cricket administrator & one of the founders of BCCI in India. The trophy is awarded to the winner of the England – India test series held in India.
India Vs England Historical Rivalry
After Achieving the Honour badge of the 6th cricket playing nation India toured to face Douglas Jardine’s England side ( England captain ) In 1932 for his first official cricket match. In his only test match at Lord’s Indian team Lead by Col. CK Nayudu (First Indian captain) has lost the match by 10 wickets.
Then after in 1933/34, England came to India & defeated the host nation by 2-0 in 3 match series. Both teams have played a few other bilateral test series. Meanwhile, the biggest turnaround happened when the Indian team created history under Vijay Hazare’s captaincy in the 1951-52 test series after beating visitors in the last test match of four test match series by an inning & 8 runs played in Chennai (the same venue where the first match of India-England upcoming series will be played) records.
To date in a total of 33 series 122 matches have been played between these two giants where the Indian team has been victorious on 26 occasions while they have lost 47 times & 49 matches ended as a draw. Historically, India has had an upper hand over England in test matches in India although not so convincingly where the Indian team won 19 matches & faced defeat on 13 occasions and 28 matches ended up in a draw.
Record of Most runs overall in bilateral test series played in India hold by Former Indian captain & Classy opener Sunil Gavaskar 1331 runs in 39 matches. He holds the Most 50s as well as i.e 8. Most 100s have been scored by Former England captain Alistaire cook i.e 5 followed by Cheteshwar Pujara & MD Azharuddin with 4.
Most wickets have been taken by India’s jewel wrist-spinner Bhagwat Chandrasekhar who has taken 64 wickets in 23 matches, Wisden cricketer of the year (1972) Bhagwat also hold the record of most 5 wickets hauls i.e 6.
Record of best spell in India vs England bilateral series played in India hold by Vinoo Mankad who had a famous spell of 8/55 in 1951/52 series, Record of best average 16.79 do tag along.
The highest run chase was on the same venue of Chennai where the first match of the series will be played was of 387 runs for registering a famous win.
Upcoming series
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak & Nationwide lockdown almost after a year cricket will resume on Indian soil where cricket charges up 7 Y/O old kid to 70 senior Y/O senior in a massive way. Matches will be played under strict & stringent rules regulations with bio bubble security. With the historical rivalry taking up again this time on a subcontinent wicket, India will face England in all 3 formats.
England wiped out The Lankans with 2-0 recently & will surely look to repeat their performance here too. This England side has shown his consistency & class at subcontinent wicket in their last series, the inclusion of All-rounder Ben stokes & pace battery Jofra Archer who was out in the SL series due to rotation policy will surely bring more potential to their side.
The root is in top form who just scored 426 runs in his 4 innings against SL including a doubleton, he holds the record of most runs scored by a current English batsman against India in India i.e 584 in 6 matches, followed by spin all-rounder Moeen Ali who has 381 runs in 5 matches.
England’s lethal pace attack with a trio of Anderson-Broad-Jofra won’t be easy to face especially the Lancashire legend Jimmy Anderson who’s getting older just by age but he recently showed his class in Galle & previous India tours.
This England proverbial ‘old dog’ with bite sharper than anyone else in their long history be a serious threat to the hosts. He holds the record of most test wickets in India-England bilateral face-off i.e 99 in 24 matches, which includes 26 in 10 matches.
Visitors spin attack also looks sharp with young pair of Dom Bess & Jack leach who will be playing their maiden tests in India has taken 23 wickets together in SL earlier & they would be ready to repeat the history of 2012/13 England series win in India by 2-1 (4 match series) where Swann-Panesar duo destroyed Indian batting.
This young spin pair will be accompanied by experience Moeen Ali. Going into the series, India will be oozing confidence with their recent historic series triumph
under, which includes the famous GABA win where the kangaroos were undefeated since 1988.
Indians would be eager to face England in their den Indian Squad looks more strong & confident after superstar Virat Kohli is coming into the series fresh from a paternity break. The Indian captain who went without a ton last year will be hoping to kick start a new year with a bang while looking at top run-getter in the current squad of both the teams Virat Kohli has scored 843 runs in 9 tests vs England In India.
Squad /Schedule / venue / telecast
India – Virat Kohli (C) Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant, Wriddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, KL Rahul, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur, R Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel.
England – Joe Root(C), Jofra Archer, Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Dom Bess, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Zak Crawley, Ben Foakes, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Ben Stokes, Olly Stone, Chris Woakes.
The first test match will be held on MA CHIDAMBARAM STADIUM also known as Chepauk Stadium, Chennai from Feb 5-9 ( 9:30 AM IST)
Telecast – The live telecast of the India vs England Test series will be available on Star Sports Network is an official broadcaster of BCCI in India. Meanwhile, the live streaming of the IND vs ENG series will be available on Disney+Hotstar.
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