India, June 30 -- The rechristening of the Pataudi Trophy to the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy was met with widespread criticism. The England Cricket Board's decision to replace the legendary Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi's name from the trophy with the names of two greats - Sachin Tendulkar and James Anderson - as debatable as it was - went ahead as planned. The decision did not please Sunil Gavaskar, who felt the rebranding was unnecessary. Now, weighing in on the topic, former India cricketer Farokh Engineer had shared his two cents, echoing Gavaskar's thoughts to a certain extent.

To reduce the extent of the damage, the ECB introduced the Pataudi medal, but not before Tendulkar himself and the BCCI stepped in to ensure that the Pataudi legacy ...