Monty Panesar suggests Ind-Eng Test series be named as 'Tendulkar-Cook Trophy'

Former leftarm spinner Monty Panesar on Wednesday suggested that the series between IndiaEngland should be named after legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar and Alastair CookCook is the leading runs scorer for England in the longest format of the game while former cricketer Tendulkar has scored the most runs in Test overallPanesar feels since both the batsmen have scored the highest Test runs for their respective teams the series between India and England should be called as Tendulkar Cook trophyEng v India test series should be called Tendulkar Cook trophy because both have highest test runs for their countries they played a lot against each other and we know Tendulkar is the biggest legend and we dont have a series named after him englandcricket BCCI INDvENG Panesar tweetedOne of the Twitter users suggested that the series can also be named after Panesar and Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh But the former England spinner in a jovial manner said it isnt possible as he doesnt have 300 wickets in the longest format of the gameEngland defeated India by 227 runs in the first Test at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Tuesday James Anderson produced three of the best possible deliveries to dismiss Shubman Gill Ajinkya Rahane and Rishabh PantEnglands winning start against India in their ICC World Test Championship series has kept alive the visiting sides hopes of making the final of the nineteam competitionThe victory at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday lifted England to first place and 702 percentage points on the points table and theyve improved their chances of securing one of the three series results in their favour that could see them through to the final 31 30 or 40New Zealand has already qualified for the final winning 700 per cent of their matches with no other series scheduled while India and Australia remain in contention for the other place along with EnglandIndia who have slipped to the fourth position with 683 percentage points cannot afford another loss in the fourmatch series and will be looking to win at least two of the remaining three matches to secure a 21 or 31 result and a place in the finalAustralia will get to feature in a TransTasman summit clash if the IndiaEngland series is drawn or if England win 10 21 or 20This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever