Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi

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Nawab of Pataudi
India (IND)
Nawab of Pataudi
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling type Right-arm medium
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 1/10 1/0
Catches/stumpings 27/- 208/-

Test debut: 13 December 1961
Last Test: 23 January 1975
Source: [1]

Mansoor (Mansur) Ali Khan, the 9th Nawab of Pataudi (Jr.) (born January 5, 1941 in Bhopal), nicknamed Tiger, is a former Indian cricketer and former captain of the Indian cricket team.

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[edit] Personal life & Education

Mansoor was born to Iftikhar Ali Khan, eighth Nawab of Pataudi and his wife Sajida Sultan, second daughter of the last ruling nawab of Bhopal. He was educated at Welham Boys' School in Dehra Doon, Lockers Park Prep School in Hertfordshire, Winchester College, and Balliol College, Oxford. His father died on Mansoor's 11th birthday in 1952, whereupon Mansoor succeeded as the ninth Nawab of Pataudi. While the princely state of Pataudi had been merged with India after the end of the British Raj in 1947, Mansoor inherited the titular dignity of Nawab of Pataudi.

On December 27, 1969, Mansoor married the noted film actress Sharmila Tagore, who is a distant relative (not a direct descendant, as often believed) of Rabindranath Tagore, the nobel laureate. They are the parents of three children:

Succession in Bhopal: By a turn of fate, Mansoor's mother Sajida sultan came to inherit her father's princely titles and privileges upon his demise, and was recognised as "Begum of Bhopal" by the government of India in 1961. From her demise in 1995, Mansoor has been regarded by many as being Nawab of Bhopal as well as Nawab of Pataudi. However, such "personal unions" are unknown to Indian custom, and others regard Mansoor's eldest sister, Begum Saleha Sultan, as being head of the Nawabi family of Bhopal.

[edit] Cricketing career

Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi's career performance graph.
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi's career performance graph.

Pataudi Jr., as Mansoor came to be known in the cricket world, was a right-hand batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He played in 46 Test matches for India between 1961 and 1975.

In March 1962, at the relatively young age of 21, Pataudi Jr. was elevated to the captaincy of the Indian cricket team. This was a few months after a car accident permanently damaged vision in his right eye. He also captained Sussex in 1966.

Pataudi Jr. was captain of the Indian cricket team in 40 matches, only 9 of which resulted in victory for his team. He was however captain when the Indian team recorded its first ever overseas Test victory, against New Zealand in 1967.

[edit] Politics

He contested in 1971 elections to the Lok Sabha to protest the abolition of Privy Purse in India. He contested from Gurgaon as a candidate of the Vishal Haryana Party. [2]


[edit] Awards and recognition

[edit] References


Preceded by
Nari Contractor		 Indian National Test Cricket Captain
1961/62 - 1967/68		 Succeeded by
Chandu Borde
Preceded by
Chandu Borde		 Indian National Test Cricket Captain
1967/68 - 1969/70		 Succeeded by
Ajit Wadekar
Preceded by
Ajit Wadekar		 Indian National Test Cricket Captain
1974/75 - 1974/75 (1 Test Match)		 Succeeded by
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
Preceded by
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan		 Indian National Test Cricket Captain
1974/75 - 1974/75		 Succeeded by
Sunil Gavaskar
Preceded by
Ajit Wadekar		 Indian national cricket coach
1974/75		 Succeeded by
Bishen Singh Bedi
Preceded by
Iftikhar Ali Khan		 Nawab of Pataudi
1952		 Succeeded by
Present Incumbent