India, Aug. 16 -- Former India all-rounder Karsan Ghavri has taken aim at Sachin Tendulkar over not "putting his foot down" after the decision to rename the 'Pataudi Trophy' as the 'Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy', calling it a 'degrading' act for Pataudi's cricketing legacy. The renamed trophy was contested for the first time in July-August this year, with the series ending in a 2-2 draw. Ghavri questioned how such a move was cleared in the first place and labelled it a disrespect to the memory of the Nawab of Pataudi, whose name had been synonymous with the contest for decades.

"That is very wrong. Number one, the Australia-West Indies series is always called the Frank Worrell Trophy. The India-Australia Trophy is always called the Border-G...