Feel utterly misplaced once I see myself alongside Tendulkar with the trophy: James Anderson

England tempo legend James Anderson confessed that seeing his title alongside the enduring Sachin Tendulkar on a trophy feels “completely out of place,” calling it an unbelievable honour to be related to “one of the greatest cricketers to have ever lived”.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has rechristened the Test sequence between India and England because the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, paying tribute to the 2 titans of the game.

Previously, the contests on English soil had been performed for the Pataudi Trophy, named after former Indian captains Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi and his son Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi.

“It’s not essentially simply how enormous it’s to have a trophy named after you, however alongside Sachin Tendulkar, who, for me, is likely one of the best ever cricketers to have lived.

“I feel completely out of place when I see myself alongside him with the trophy. I hold him in such high regard.” Anderson advised Sky Sports’

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“I watched him as a kid, played against him. He’s just such an iconic cricketer who’s carried the weight of a nation on his shoulders throughout his career and past it as well. So, to share something like this with him is an incredible honour.”

Both Anderson and Tendulkar are extensively considered all-time greats. They are the most-capped gamers within the historical past of Test cricket. Tendulkar performed 200 matches, and Anderson appeared in 188 Tests.

Anderson, who claimed 704 wickets in 188 Tests, confronted Tendulkar on a number of events throughout the late 2000s.

The 42-year-old additionally mirrored on how indifferent he typically feels from the legacy he is created.

“It is strange that when people talk about what I have achieved in cricket, like when I hear about it as if someone’s talking about someone else if that makes sense like I don’t feel it is me who has achieved all this,” he mentioned.

Anderson introduced the curtain down on his illustrious profession final yr, stepping apart to make means for England’s subsequent era of quick bowlers.

England presently lead the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2-1 with the fourth Test slated to start on Wednesday at Manchester.