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MANSOOR ALI KHAN PATAUDI

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi was born on January 5, 1941in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, dotingly called Tiger has been an Indian Cricket player and the Captain of the Indian Cricket squad.

He has to acknowledge the nobility of having been the 9th and last Nawab of Pataudi, until 1971, when India abolished royal entitlements through the 26th Amendment to the Constitution of India a small Princely State which at present is a part of the Haryana state of India.



Early Life

He was intuitive on the 5th of January 1941 in Bhopal to the 8th Nawab of Pataudi, Iftikhar Ali Khan his wife Sajida Sultan, second daughter of the last ruling Nawab of Bhopal .Having educated Welham Boys' School in Dehradun, Lockers Park Prep School in Hertfordshire, Winchester College, and Balliol College, Oxford. His father died on Mansoor's 11th birthday in 1952; as a result of which Mansoor happened to be the ninth Nawab of Pataudi. Despite the fact that the princely state of Pataudi had been amalgamated with India after the end of the British Raj in 1947, Mansoor inherited the ostensible dignity of Nawab of Pataudi. He apprehended the title until the entitlements were to get rid of by the Government of India throughout the 26th amendment to the constitution in 1971.

Test Cricket Debut

Mansur made is Test Cricket first appearance in the year 1961 with a Test game played in opposition to England at Delhi. He played in 46 Test matches for India between 1961 and 1975. Pataudi's Test documentation in 24 matches is 1,643 runs, including a double century and two centuries against England, one against Australia (on his first appearance against them) and two hundreds against New Zealand. He has played 43 innings at an average of 40.17. These facts are respectable enough, but could almost not be considered to fulfill the expectations held out by his brilliance in his four years at Winchester and in his first year at Oxford.

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi

The climax to his Winchester career came in 1959, when he was captain. Not only did he pass the thousand mark and beat D.R. Jardine's record for the school, but he showed a distinct flair for leadership. He scored 13 runs in the game. Very rapidly after establishing his Test Cricket career, he lost the vision in his right eye due to a car accident.

He went up to Oxford, in 1960, and like his father before him, got a century in opposition to Cambridge in his first University match. Anon that year, he made his first appearance in Indian cricket, playing in a couple of Ranji Trophy games for Delhi; but having come in a straight line out of the English winter, he could do himself little integrity.

Oxford thrilled him with their captaincy in 1961, the first Indian to guide either University, but before the University game came along he was concerned in that dreadful accident. The period, till then, had seen him at the elevation of his powers. By the end of June, he had serene 1,216 runs (average 55.27) and was not far from identical his father's high aggregate in the Oxford season of 1931.

Conversing to prophecy that he would never play cricket again, Pataudi was back in beguiles during the Indian season directly subsequent, and was called up by the Test selectors for the third Test in opposition to England.

He did not make his existence felt in his first Test match, but in the next, at Calcutta, he scored 64 with the liberty of a very grown-up player. This innings facilitated India to position up a match winning rate of scoring. At a time when the foremost Indian batsmen were so given to stodginess, his batting was like a surge of fresh air let into a stifling, fusty room.

In the subsequent Test, the end of the series, he once more proved himself as a match-winner, scoring a rebellious 103, with two 6's and fourteen 4's. The West Indies tour, during which he was relentlessly bothered by a muscle injury, did not significantly advance his character, but his innings of 48 and 47 in the third and fourth Tests were absolutely spectacular and, for a man who could only see with one eye, it was extraordinary that he played Hall & Co. with so much time to spare.

Captaincy

In the year 1962, he was named the Captain of the Indian Cricket team. Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, also recognized as Nawab Pataudi Jr., is well thought-out to be one of the most booming Captains that the Indian Cricket team has ever got in its olden times. He led the Indian squad in 40 Test matches, out of which 12 had been won by the team. Even though the winning percentage was not very high, he is best notorious for instilling the winning buoyancy into the members of until then low-down Indian team, and boosting their self-confidence that led them to more victories.

Mansur is authorized as the first Indian Cricket captain that got the troop it's much looked-for first Test victory in a foreign country ground. This triumph was accomplished in a Test match participated in opposition to New Zealand in the year 1968. He is also notorious for distinguishing the fact that Spin Bowling was the strong point of the Indian Cricket team, for this reason he make use of more of spinners adjacent to other strong sides to get the Indian team the maximum assistance in the Cricket ground. Apart from being a good Captain, Nawab Pataudi Jr. is also identified very well for being a good fielder too. Even though his Batting Average was only 34 runs, he must have capitulated way too far enhanced results had he not been visually prejudice with one eye. His captaincy also was more purposeful and enterprising and, in the next Test, he led India to a brilliant and dramatic win, contributing 86 and 53 to this unforgettable victory. Overall Performance

In his Test Cricket career, Mansur Ali Khan played 46 Test competitions in which he attained a total of 2793 runs with 6 centuries and 16 half-centuries. His Batting Average was 34.91 runs and Highest Score was 203 runs not-out. He played his last Test match in opposition to West Indies at Mumbai in the year 1975, and scored 18 runs in the game.

He also served as an ICC Match Referee for a time of 3 years stuck between 1993 and 1996. For his extra-ordinary show as a Cricket player for India, Mansur Ali Khan had been bestowed upon the Arjuna Award in the year 1964, and was called the Wisden Cricketer of the Year in the year 1968.He was dropped as captain of the Indian cricket team in 1970 and as a player in 1975.

Personal life

On 27 December 1969, Mansoor wedded Sharmila Tagore. Their son Saif Ali Khan was born on 16 August 1970.They are the parents of three children:

• Saif Ali Khan, a Bollywood actor;
• Soha Ali Khan, a Bollywood actress;
• Saba Ali Khan a jewellery designer.
In June 2005, Mansoor Ali Khan was detained for poaching an endangered Blackbuck.Naresh Kadyan, founder chairman; People for Animals (PFA) Haryana blusters whistle crime aligned with animals.

Subsequent to retirement, Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi sustained to serve cricket becoming the Indian national cricket coach (1974/75) as well as served as an ICC match referee for both Tests and ODI (1993-96).

He was even into politics, disputing from Gurgaon as a candidate of the Vishal Haryana Party in the 1971 elections to the Lok Sabha, protesting about the obliteration of Privy Purse in India.

For his immense involvement and enthusiasm in the field of cricket, Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi was granted the prestigious Arjuna Award in 1964 and was also honored with the 'Wisden Cricketer of the Year' in 1968.

Mansoor Ali Khan Nawab of Pataudi

Personal information
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
International information
National side Indian

Career statistics

Competition

Tests

First-class

Matches
46
310
Runs scored
2793
15425
Batting average
34.91
33.67
100s/50s
6/16
33/75
Top score
203*
203*
Balls bowled
132
1192
Wickets
1
10
Bowling average
88.00
77.59
5 wickets in innings
-
-
10 wickets in match
-
-
Best bowling
20
1/0
Catches/stumping
27
208/-