New Delhi, June 9 -- Tiger Pataudi can arguably be the best thing that happened to Indian cricket. A name that became synonymous with the instilling of national pride and unity in the sport, which until the Tiger's entrance, was dominated by India's colonisers, England.

But the very name that scripted history is now at the centre of controversy, with Sharmila Tagore, cricketing icons Sunil Gavaskar, and Harsha Bhogle weighing in.

Earlier this month, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) jointly announced that the Pataudi Trophy would now be called the Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy.

The ECB and BCCI have cited the achievements of Tendulkar and Anderson as modern legends of the game, a...