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Harry Brook, who won the Player of the Tournament Award on Team India coach Gautam Gambhir's choice, has remarked that he didn’t deserve to win the honour. Following the final Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025 at The Oval, head coaches from both sides were given the task to pick the Player Of The Series winners from their opposing sides. Brendon McCullum gave India skipper Shubman Gill’s name while Gambhir named Brook for the award. Both received the honour in the presentation ceremony. Brook ended the series as England’s second-most successful batter for England, with 481 runs in nine innings of five matches.
However, despite his sensational performance, Brook was astonished when Gambhir named him for the honour. The 26-year-old feels he didn’t perform as magnificent as his senior colleague Joe Root so the prize should’ve been given to the veteran instead of him. "I didn't score as many runs as Rooty (Joe Root), so I probably think he should be Man of the Series or Man of the Summer. He has been for many years," said Brook to BBC Sport. Joe Root was the highest run-getter for England in the tournament. He smashed 537 runs with three hundreds and a fifty in nine innings of five contests.
Joe Root shattered some breathtaking records during the series
Joe Root broke some sensational feats during the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025. In the third game played at the iconic Lord’s, he surpassed legends such as Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis, and Ricky Ponting to become the second-most successful Test batter.
In the second innings of the final Test at The Oval, the England veteran played a 105-run knock and overhauled former Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara’s milestone of 38 centuries and elevated himself in the fourth position on the chart of Test batters with most red-ball tons.
