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The Pataudi Trophy is awarded to the winner of each Test cricket series between England and India contested in England. The trophy itself was designed and made by Jocelyn Burton . It was first awarded in 2007 to commemorate the 75 years since the first Test match between the two sides.
[1] [2] The tour consisted of two Test and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. [3] [4] The Test series formed part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship. [5] [6] In June 2024, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed the fixtures for the tour as a part of the 2024–25 home international season. [7]
The first Test triple century was achieved by Andy Sandham of England against the West Indies in 1930 in the first Test series hosted in the West Indies. [4] The quickest Test triple-century was scored in 4 hours 48 minutes, by Wally Hammond for England against New Zealand at Auckland in 1932–33. [1]
After every Test series, the two teams involved receive points based on a mathematical formula involving both teams' previous rating and the result of the series. Each team's points total from matches over the last 3–4 years is divided by a figure based on their total number of matches and series played, to give a "rating".
The Freedom Trophy (also known as Gandhi–Mandela trophy) is a cricket trophy that is awarded to the winner of Test series, known as The Freedom Series, [3] between India and South Africa. First awarded in 2015 , the trophy is dedicated to famous Indian and South African freedom fighters Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela respectively.
The India national cricket team toured England from 22 June to 7 September 2014 [1] for a five-match Test series, five One Day International matches and one Twenty20 International. England won the Test series 3–1 and received the Pataudi Trophy. [2] This was the first time since 1959 that India had played five Test matches on an England tour. [3]
Consequently, the ICC declared the match to be "unofficial" and instead classified it as a "friendly five-day match"; [15] the Test series was thus limited to the two matches already completed, with South Africa winning 1–0. The ICC overturned the bans on Tendulkar and Ganguly, but upheld the ban on Sehwag for the subsequent Test. [16]
India won the third and final T20I match by six wickets to win the series 3–0. [18] The first Test of the series was the 300th to be played by Sri Lanka, [19] and it was also the 100th Test match for India's Virat Kohli. [20] In the Test, Ravindra Jadeja scored 175 not out and took nine wickets. [21]