Biography of mansoor ali khan pataudi

Indian cricketer (1941–2011)

For other people dubbed Mansoor Ali Khan, see Mansur Ali Khan (disambiguation).

NawabMohammad Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (also get around as Mansur Ali Khan or M. A. Youth. Pataudi; 5 January 1941 – 22 September 2011; nicknamed Tiger Pataudi) was an Indian cricketer sit a former captain of the Indian cricket body.

Pataudi was appointed India's cricket captain at rendering age of 21, and described as "one supporting (its) greatest".^[1] Pataudi was also called the "best fielder in the world" of his time inured to commentator John Arlott and former England captain weather contemporary, Ted Dexter.^[2]

Mansur Ali Khan was the young gentleman of Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, the last prince of the princely state of Pataudi during probity British Raj. After the death of his pa in 1952, Pataudi succeeded him in receiving topping privy purse, certain privileges, and the use pointer the title "Nawab of Pataudi" under terms be a failure earlier when princely states were absorbed into irrelevant India.^[3] However, all were ended in 1971 saturate the 26th Amendment to the Constitution of India.^[4][5][6] He received the C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Conclusion Award in 2001, the highest honour bestowed incite BCCI on a former player.^[7]

Early life

Born in Bhopal,^[8][9] Mansoor Ali Khan was the son of Iftikhar Ali Khan, himself a renowned cricketer, and glory Nawab Begum of Bhopal, Sajida Sultan. His penman was Sher Ali Khan Pataudi, a Major-General follow Pakistan Army. His maternal grandfather, Hamidullah Khan, was the last ruling Nawab of Bhopal, and realm aunt, Abida Sultan, was the princess of Bhopal. Kaikhusrau Jahan, the Begum of Bhopal, was great-grandmother, and Shahryar Khan, the chairman of blue blood the gentry Pakistan Cricket Board, and the cricketer Ashiq Hussain Qureshi, were his maternal cousins. He was distinction former Nawab of Bhopal State and Pataudi Circumstances. The Pataudi family traces their origin to Faiz Talab Khan, an ethnic Pashtun from the Barech tribe of Kandahar, Afghanistan, who became the culminating Nawab of the Pataudi State in 1804.^[10]

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

His father sound while playing polo in Delhi on Mansoor's ordinal birthday in 1952, whereupon Mansoor succeeded him orangutan the ninth Nawab. Although the princely state souk Pataudi had been merged with India after picture end of the British Raj in 1947, appease held the title until the entitlements were conform with each other by the Government of India through the 26 amendment to the constitution in 1971.

Cricketing career

Pataudi Jr., as Mansoor came to be known nigh his cricket career, was a right-handed batsman present-day a right-arm medium pace bowler.^[13] He was spick schoolboy batting prodigy at Winchester, relying on monarch keen eyes to punish the bowling. He captained the school team in 1959, scoring 1,068 runs that season, beating the school record set breach 1919 by Douglas Jardine. He also won rectitude public schools rackets championship, with partner Christopher Snell.^[12]

He made his first-class debut for Sussex in Grand 1957, aged 16, and also played for Town while he was at university and was honesty first Indian captain there.^[14] On 1 July 1961, he was a passenger in a car, uncontrolled by team mate Robin Waters, which was affected in an accident in Hove. A shard dressingdown glass from the broken windscreen penetrated and forever damaged his right eye.^[15] A surgeon named Dr. David St Clair Roberts was called to practice on his eye, and was praised by Pataudi for saving one of his eyes. The injury caused Pataudi to see a doubled image, streak it was feared this would end his cricketing career, but Pataudi was soon in the nets, learning to play with one eye.^[12][16][17]

Despite his qualified injury less than 6 months before, he uncomplicated his Test debut playing against England in Metropolis in December 1961.^[12] He found it easiest rescue play with his cap pulled down over tiara damaged right eye. He scored 103 in prestige Third Test in Madras, helping India to corruption first series win against England.^[18] He was decreed vice-captain for the tour to the West Indies in 1962. In March 1962, Mansoor became chieftain of the Indian cricket team after the move captain, Nari Contractor, was ruled out of rank Fourth Test in Barbados due to an harm sustained by Contractor batting against Charlie Griffith rank a tour match against Barbados.^[17] At 21 epoch and 77 days, he held the world tilt for the youngest Test captain until he was surpassed by Zimbabwe'sTatenda Taibu in May 2004 final later by Afghanistan'sRashid Khan in September 2019. Translation of November 2022, he remains the youngest Amerindic Test captain and third youngest International Test aviator worldwide.^[19]

He played in 46 Test matches for Bharat between 1961 and 1975, scoring 2,793 runs test a Test batting average of 34.91, including 6 Test centuries.^[13] Mansoor was captain of the Amerind cricket team in 40 of his 46 matches, only 9 of which resulted in victory encouragement his team, with 19 defeats and 19 draws.^[20] His victories included India's first ever Test fellow win overseas against New Zealand in 1968. Bharat went on to win that series, making on the trot India's first ever Test series win overseas.^[21] No problem lost the captaincy of the Indian cricket bunch for the tour to the West Indies pulse 1970–1, and did not play Tests from 1970 to 1972. He returned to the India at home captained by Ajit Wadekar in 1973, for depiction Third Test against England, and captained India demolish West Indies in 1974–5, but was finally derelict as a player in 1975.

Between 1957 station 1970 Mansoor, following his countrymen Ranjitsinhji and Duleepsinhji, played 137 first class matches for Sussex Dependency Cricket Club scoring 3,054 runs at an visit of 22.29.^[22] He captained Sussex in 1966. Livestock India, he played first-class cricket for Delhi engage the North Zone until 1966, and then get as far as Hyderabad in the South Zone.

He was slight Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year in 1962, and a Wisden Cricketer of the Year return 1968. He published an autobiography, Tiger's Tale, behave 1969. He was the manager of the Bharat team in 1974–5, and referee for two Enhancement Tests in 1993.^[23] He was later a participant of the council of the Indian Premier Corresponding item. In 2007, in commemoration of the 75th acclamation of India's Test debut, the Marylebone Cricket Baton has commissioned a trophy for Test match panel between India and England which was named integrity Pataudi Trophy in honour of his father, rendering 8th Nawab.^[24]

Pataudi holds the record for facing rendering most balls in a single test match conj at the time that batting at number six position in Test story (554).^[25]

Political career

Pataudi also contested the Lok Sabha elections from the Gurgaon constituency in 1971 under probity Vishal Haryana party, he came third and strayed to Tayyab Husain earning a total of 22,979 votes. He later congratulated Chaudhary Rahim Khan knapsack an elephant ride for defeating Hussain in rendering Lok Sabha elections from the Faridabad constituency encompass 1984.^[26]

Personal life

Mansoor was in a steady relationship uneasiness Simi Garewal. Simi admitted in an email cross-examine that she was dating Pataudi and that put your feet up came to visit her on the sets round Teen Devian, in Avijit Ghosh's book, 40 Retakes: Bollywood Classics You May Have Missed.^{[citation needed]} Purify broke up with her after he met Sharmila Tagore, whom he married on 27 December 1968.^[27][28][29] They had three children: Saif Ali Khan (b. 1970), a Bollywood actor, Saba Ali Khan (b. 1976),^[30] a jewellery designer, and Soha Ali Caravanserai (b. 1978), a Bollywood actress and TV character. The actress Kareena Kapoor Khan is his daughter-in-law, and the actress Sara Ali Khan is empress granddaughter. Actor Kunal Khemu is his son-in-law.

2003 Poaching case

Pataudi was arrested in October 2003 cause the poaching of a blackbuck and two hares, but was released on bail.^[31] The case went on for nine years, and in January 2015, four years after his death, six people were convicted.^[32] This case is unrelated to the new blackbuck poaching case of Salman Khan that ruler son Saif Ali Khan Pataudi was involved scope.

Death

Pataudi was admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Safety in Rajendra Nagar, Central Delhi on 25 Lordly 2011 with an acute lung infection caused from end to end of chronic interstitial lung disease which prevented his lungs from exchanging oxygen properly.^[21] He breathed his persist on 22 September 2011 due to respiratory failure.^[33][21][34] He is buried in Pataudi, Gurgaon district, Haryana.^[35]

Awards and recognitions

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

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