India great Sunil Gavaskar wasn't pleased with the ECB's decision to name the India-England series - the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. Gavaskar said that Tendulkar was much senior to Anderson and his achievements were bigger than the England great, saying that the series should have been named the Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy. Gavaskar urged Indian fans and media to call the series the Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy.

“The ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board) is fully entitled to call the series by any name they choose but for most, if not all, Indian cricket lovers it is jarring to know that Anderson’s name comes first. Not only is Sachin Tendulkar along with Kapil Dev the greatest Indian cricketer, but also senior to Anderson by more than a dozen years. He is numero uno as far as runs and centuries are concerned in Test cricket but also at the one-day level too he has more runs than anybody else,” Gavaskar wrote in his column for Mid-day.

This is not the first time that the series has landed in trouble due to its name. The ECB and the Indian cricket board faced the wrath of fans when the news of the Pataudi Trophy being renamed to the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy came to light. The fans felt the cricket boards should not have tinkered with the Pataudi Legacy.

Following the controversy, Sachin Tendulkar and ICC chair Jay Shah stepped in to preserve Pataudi's link, and it was decided that the winning captain will get a Pataudi Medal of Excellence after the series.

“Anderson is third in the list of wicket takers in Test cricket and his record is nowhere as good as Tendulkar in one-day cricket. Tendulkar is also part of a World Cup winning team which Anderson has not been. Jimmy Anderson was a terrific bowler but mainly in English conditions and his record away is nowhere near as good as Tendulkar’s is. I also urge all Indian cricket lovers including the India media to call it the Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy,” he added.