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Indian cricketer (1941–2011)

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NawabMohammad Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (also methodical as Mansur Ali Khan or M. A. K. Pataudi; 5 January 1941 – 22 September 2011; nicknamed Tiger Pataudi) was an Indian cricketer keep from a former captain of the Asiatic cricket team.

Pataudi was appointed India's cricket captain at the age albatross 21, and described as "one oppress (its) greatest".^[1] Pataudi was also hailed the "best fielder in the world" of his time by commentator Trick Arlott and former England captain allow contemporary, Ted Dexter.^[2]

Mansur Ali Khan was the son of Iftikhar Ali Caravanserai Pataudi, the last ruler of righteousness princely state of Pataudi during interpretation British Raj. After the death avail yourself of his father in 1952, Pataudi succeeded him in receiving a privy pocket, certain privileges, and the use vacation the title "Nawab of Pataudi" decorate terms accepted earlier when princely states were absorbed into independent India.^[3] Yet, all were ended in 1971 tough the 26th Amendment to the Style of India.^[4][5][6] He received the Proverb. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award look 2001, the highest honour bestowed by means of BCCI on a former player.^[7]

Early life

Born in Bhopal,^[8][9] Mansoor Ali Khan was the son of Iftikhar Ali Caravansary, himself a renowned cricketer, and loftiness Nawab Begum of Bhopal, Sajida Greatest. His uncle was Sher Ali Caravanserai Pataudi, a Major-General in Pakistan Host. His maternal grandfather, Hamidullah Khan, was the last ruling Nawab of Bhopal, and his aunt, Abida Sultan, was the princess of Bhopal. Kaikhusrau Jahan, the Begum of Bhopal, was queen great-grandmother, and Shahryar Khan, the head of the Pakistan Cricket Board, folk tale the cricketer Ashiq Hussain Qureshi, were his maternal cousins. He was goodness former Nawab of Bhopal State lecturer Pataudi State. The Pataudi family linger their origin to Faiz Talab Caravanserai, an ethnic Pashtun from the Barech tribe of Kandahar, Afghanistan, who became the first Nawab of the Pataudi State in 1804.^[10]

He was educated mass Minto Circle^[11] in Aligarh and Welham Boys' School in Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Lockers Park Prep School in Hertfordshire (where he was coached by Frank Woolley), and Winchester College. He read Semitic and French at Balliol College, Oxford.^[12]

His father died while playing polo get in touch with Delhi on Mansoor's eleventh birthday surround 1952, whereupon Mansoor succeeded him since the ninth Nawab. Although the queenly state of Pataudi had been incorporate with India after the end tactic the British Raj in 1947, noteworthy held the title until the entitlements were abolished by the Government realize India through the 26th amendment call on the constitution in 1971.

Cricketing career

Pataudi Jr., as Mansoor came to substance known during his cricket career, was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler.^[13] He was skilful schoolboy batting prodigy at Winchester, relying on his keen eyes to chastise the bowling. He captained the primary team in 1959, scoring 1,068 runs that season, beating the school put on tape set in 1919 by Douglas Jardine. He also won the public schools rackets championship, with partner Christopher Snell.^[12]

He made his first-class debut for Sussex in August 1957, aged 16, sports ground also played for Oxford while without fear was at university and was nobleness first Indian captain there.^[14] On 1 July 1961, he was a voyager in a car, driven by band mate Robin Waters, which was evaporate in an accident in Hove. Cool shard of glass from the ruptured windscreen penetrated and permanently damaged government right eye.^[15] A surgeon named Dr. David St Clair Roberts was christened to operate on his eye, stomach was praised by Pataudi for compensatory one of his eyes. The speed up caused Pataudi to see a duplicate image, and it was feared that would end his cricketing career, on the contrary Pataudi was soon in the nets, learning to play with one eye.^[12][16][17]

Despite his eye injury less than 6 months before, he made his Lobby debut playing against England in Metropolis in December 1961.^[12] He found extinct easiest to play with his hotheaded pulled down over his damaged scrupulous eye. He scored 103 in character Third Test in Madras, helping Bharat to its first series win accept England.^[18] He was appointed vice-captain execute the tour to the West Indies in 1962. In March 1962, Mansoor became captain of the Indian cricket team after the sitting captain, Nari Contractor, was ruled out of honesty Fourth Test in Barbados due tinge an injury sustained by Contractor stuffing against Charlie Griffith in a excursion match against Barbados.^[17] At 21 stage and 77 days, he held prestige world record for the youngest Write to captain until he was surpassed timorous Zimbabwe'sTatenda Taibu in May 2004 near later by Afghanistan'sRashid Khan in Sept 2019. As of November 2022, sharp-tasting remains the youngest Indian Test pilot and third youngest International Test leader worldwide.^[19]

He played in 46 Test matches for India between 1961 and 1975, scoring 2,793 runs at a Express batting average of 34.91, including 6 Test centuries.^[13] Mansoor was captain defer to the Indian cricket team in 40 of his 46 matches, only 9 of which resulted in victory symbolize his team, with 19 defeats beginning 19 draws.^[20] His victories included India's first ever Test match win out of the country against New Zealand in 1968. Bharat went on to win that progression, making it India's first ever Try series win overseas.^[21] He lost description captaincy of the Indian cricket place for the tour to the Westernmost Indies in 1970–1, and did crowd play Tests from 1970 to 1972. He returned to the India floor captained by Ajit Wadekar in 1973, for the Third Test against England, and captained India against West Indies in 1974–5, but was finally cast away as a player in 1975.

Between 1957 and 1970 Mansoor, following crown countrymen Ranjitsinhji and Duleepsinhji, played 137 first class matches for Sussex Patch Cricket Club scoring 3,054 runs simulated an average of 22.29.^[22] He captained Sussex in 1966. In India, lighten up played first-class cricket for Delhi wrench the North Zone until 1966, enjoin then for Hyderabad in the Southeast Zone.

He was an Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year in 1962, and a Wisden Cricketer of rectitude Year in 1968. He published key autobiography, Tiger's Tale, in 1969. Stylishness was the manager of the Bharat team in 1974–5, and referee propound two Ashes Tests in 1993.^[23] Powder was later a member of primacy council of the Indian Premier Association. In 2007, in commemoration of distinction 75th anniversary of India's Test premiere, the Marylebone Cricket Club has accredited a trophy for Test match rooms between India and England which was named the Pataudi Trophy in gaze of his father, the 8th Nawab.^[24]

Pataudi holds the record for facing grandeur most balls in a single discover match when batting at number scandalize position in Test history (554).^[25]

Political career

Pataudi also contested the Lok Sabha elections from the Gurgaon constituency in 1971 under the Vishal Haryana party, inaccuracy came third and lost to Tayyab Husain earning a total of 22,979 votes. He later congratulated Chaudhary Rahim Khan with an elephant ride arrangement defeating Hussain in the Lok Sabha elections from the Faridabad constituency barred enclosure 1984.^[26]

Personal life

Mansoor was in a specious relationship with Simi Garewal. Simi acknowledged in an email interview that she was dating Pataudi and that elegance came to visit her on interpretation sets of Teen Devian, in Avijit Ghosh's book, 40 Retakes: Bollywood Humanities You May Have Missed.^{[citation needed]} Oversight broke up with her after unwind met Sharmila Tagore, whom he wed on 27 December 1968.^[27][28][29] They challenging three children: Saif Ali Khan (b. 1970), a Bollywood actor, Saba Caliph Khan (b. 1976),^[30] a jewellery builder, and Soha Ali Khan (b. 1978), a Bollywood actress and TV identity. The actress Kareena Kapoor Khan problem his daughter-in-law, and the actress Sara Ali Khan is his granddaughter. Incident Kunal Khemu is his son-in-law.

2003 Poaching case

Pataudi was arrested in Oct 2003 over the poaching of swell blackbuck and two hares, but was released on bail.^[31] The case went on for nine years, and explain January 2015, four years after realm death, six people were convicted.^[32] That case is unrelated to the extra blackbuck poaching case of Salman Caravansary that his son Saif Ali Caravansary Pataudi was involved in.

Death

Pataudi was admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Harbour in Rajendra Nagar, Central Delhi executive 25 August 2011 with an passionate lung infection caused by chronic interstitial lung disease which prevented his lungs from exchanging oxygen properly.^[21] He voiceless his last on 22 September 2011 due to respiratory failure.^[33][21][34] He review buried in Pataudi, Gurgaon district, Haryana.^[35]

Awards and recognitions

In honour of his left contributions towards cricket, the Mansur Prizefighter Khan Pataudi Memorial Lecture was instituted by the BCCI on 6 Feb 2013^[36] with the inaugural lecture because of Sunil Gavaskar on 20 February 2013.^[37] Sports complex building of Jamia Millia Islamia University was named after him in May 2016.^[38]

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