New Delhi, June 19 -- Legendary Kapil Dev has finally broken his silence on the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy controversy before the start of India's five-match Test series against England. The controversy stemmed when the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) renamed the Pataudi Trophy - to be awarded to the winner of the Test series hosted by England against India - as the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, thus honouring two legends of the game.

India have been touring England since 1932 but the Pataudi Trophy - in honour of former India captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi and his father Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi - first came into picture when the Indian team led by Rahul Dravid won their only second Test series win over England in England in 2007. S...