BCCI rejects Sharmila’s demand to institute Pataudi Trophy
7 Nov 2012 6:36 AM IST
BCCI on Tuesday rejected Bollywood actor Sharmila Tagore’s demand to name the ensuing India-England series after her husband and former India captain the late Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi. Sharmila, in her letter to BCCI president N. Srinivasan dated Nov 2, lashed out at the board for its delay in instituting a Pataudi lecture and a Pataudi Trophy for the upcoming India-England series.
BCCI, however, said the series is already named after Anthony De Mello, first secretary of the board, since 1951. ‘In 2007, when Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) proposed the institution of Pataudi Trophy for England-India series, BCCI had clarified that the trophy is already named after Anthony De Mello,’ BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale said in a statement.
‘I have requested the BCCI president to institute the Pataudi Trophy for the India-England Test series. I have also asked to fast-track the matter. I haven’t heard from BCCI till now ... I don’t know why they haven’t replied,’ Sharmila said. In 2007, the MCC had commissioned the Pataudi Trophy to be presented to the winning captain at the end of future England-India Test series. It was conceived to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the first-ever India-England Test series that took place in 1932. But the trophy never got the official stamp from the BCCI.
BCCI, however, said the series is already named after Anthony De Mello, first secretary of the board, since 1951. ‘In 2007, when Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) proposed the institution of Pataudi Trophy for England-India series, BCCI had clarified that the trophy is already named after Anthony De Mello,’ BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale said in a statement.
‘I have requested the BCCI president to institute the Pataudi Trophy for the India-England Test series. I have also asked to fast-track the matter. I haven’t heard from BCCI till now ... I don’t know why they haven’t replied,’ Sharmila said. In 2007, the MCC had commissioned the Pataudi Trophy to be presented to the winning captain at the end of future England-India Test series. It was conceived to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the first-ever India-England Test series that took place in 1932. But the trophy never got the official stamp from the BCCI.
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