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Pataudi Jr., as Mansoor came to be known during his cricket career, was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler.<ref name="cricprof">[http://content.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/32222.html Cricinfo – Nawab of Patudi]</ref> He was a schoolboy batting prodigy at Winchester, relying on his keen eyes to punish the bowling. He captained the school team in 1959, scoring 1,068 runs that season, beating the school record set in 1919 by [[Douglas Jardine]]. He also won the public schools rackets championship, with partner Christopher Snell.<ref name="dtobit"/> | Pataudi Jr., as Mansoor came to be known during his cricket career, was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler.<ref name="cricprof">[http://content.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/32222.html Cricinfo – Nawab of Patudi]</ref> He was a schoolboy batting prodigy at Winchester, relying on his keen eyes to punish the bowling. He captained the school team in 1959, scoring 1,068 runs that season, beating the school record set in 1919 by [[Douglas Jardine]]. He also won the public schools rackets championship, with partner Christopher Snell.<ref name="dtobit"/> | ||
He made his first-class debut for Sussex in August 1957, aged 16, and also played for Oxford while he was at university and was the first Indian captain there.<ref>{{cite news |title=King of Indian cricket |url=https://www.economist.com/node/21530944 |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |date=1 October 2011 |access-date=30 August 2012}}</ref> On 1 July 1961, he was a passenger in a car which was involved in an accident in [[Hove]]. A shard of glass from the broken windscreen penetrated and permanently damaged his right eye.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/691775 |title=Royalty on the cricket field |website=International Cricket Council |access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref> A surgeon named Dr. David St Clair Roberts was called to operate on his eye, and was praised by Pataudi for saving one of his eyes. The damage caused Pataudi to see a doubled image, and it was feared this would end his cricketing career, but Pataudi was soon in the nets, learning to play with one eye.<ref name="dtobit">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/8785423/The-Nawab-of-Pataudi.html Obituary], The Daily Telegraph, 23 September 2011</ref><ref name="ss">[http://www.rediff.com/sports/oct/13a.htm 'Captaincy has not changed... only the pressures have...']</ref><ref name="sst">[http://www.hindu.com/tss/tss2518/25180300.htm Barbadose by dose] SPORTSTAR Vol. 25 :: No. 18 :: 4–10 May. 2002</ref> | He made his first-class debut for Sussex in August 1957, aged 16, and also played for Oxford while he was at university and was the first Indian captain there.<ref>{{cite news |title=King of Indian cricket |url=https://www.economist.com/node/21530944 |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |date=1 October 2011 |access-date=30 August 2012}}</ref> On 1 July 1961, he was a passenger in a car which was involved in an accident in [[Hove]]. A shard of glass from the broken windscreen penetrated and permanently damaged his right eye.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/691775 |title=Royalty on the cricket field |website=International Cricket Council |access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref> A surgeon named Dr. David St Clair Roberts was called to operate on his eye, and was praised by Pataudi for saving one of his eyes. The damage caused Pataudi to see a doubled image, and it was feared this would end his cricketing career, but Pataudi was soon in the nets, learning to play with one eye.<ref name="dtobit">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/8785423/The-Nawab-of-Pataudi.html Obituary], The Daily Telegraph, 23 September 2011</ref><ref name="ss">[http://www.rediff.com/sports/oct/13a.htm 'Captaincy has not changed... only the pressures have...']</ref><ref name="sst">[http://www.hindu.com/tss/tss2518/25180300.htm Barbadose by dose] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926214131/http://www.hindu.com/tss/tss2518/25180300.htm |date=26 September 2011 }} SPORTSTAR Vol. 25 :: No. 18 :: 4–10 May. 2002</ref> | ||
Despite his eye injury less than 6 months before, he made his Test debut playing against [[England national cricket team|England]] in [[Delhi]] in December 1961.<ref name="dtobit"/> He found it easiest to play with his cap pulled down over his damaged right eye. He scored 103 in the Third Test in [[Chennai|Madras]], helping India to its first series win against England.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/sep/25/mansur-ali-khan-pataudi Obituary], The Guardian, 25 September 2011</ref> He was appointed vice-captain for 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 the Fourth Test in [[Barbados]] due to an injury sustained by Contractor batting against [[Charlie Griffith]] in a tour match against [[Barbados national cricket team|Barbados]].<ref name=sst/> At 21 years and 77 days, he held the world record for the youngest Test captain until he was surpassed by [[Zimbabwe national cricket team|Zimbabwe's]] [[Tatenda Taibu]] in May 2004 and later by [[Afghanistan national cricket team|Afghanistan's]] [[Rashid Khan (cricketer)|Rashid Khan]] in September 2019. As of November 2022, he remains the youngest Indian Test captain and third youngest International Test captain worldwide.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283416.html Records: Youngest Test Captains] cricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2011.</ref> | Despite his eye injury less than 6 months before, he made his Test debut playing against [[England national cricket team|England]] in [[Delhi]] in December 1961.<ref name="dtobit"/> He found it easiest to play with his cap pulled down over his damaged right eye. He scored 103 in the Third Test in [[Chennai|Madras]], helping India to its first series win against England.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/sep/25/mansur-ali-khan-pataudi Obituary], The Guardian, 25 September 2011</ref> He was appointed vice-captain for 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 the Fourth Test in [[Barbados]] due to an injury sustained by Contractor batting against [[Charlie Griffith]] in a tour match against [[Barbados national cricket team|Barbados]].<ref name=sst/> At 21 years and 77 days, he held the world record for the youngest Test captain until he was surpassed by [[Zimbabwe national cricket team|Zimbabwe's]] [[Tatenda Taibu]] in May 2004 and later by [[Afghanistan national cricket team|Afghanistan's]] [[Rashid Khan (cricketer)|Rashid Khan]] in September 2019. As of November 2022, he remains the youngest Indian Test captain and third youngest International Test captain worldwide.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283416.html Records: Youngest Test Captains] cricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2011.</ref> | ||
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==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
Mansoor was in a steady relationship with [[Simi Garewal]]. | Mansoor was in a steady relationship with [[Simi Garewal]]. Simi admitted in an email interview that she was dating Pataudi and that he came to visit her on the sets of ''[[Teen Devian]]'', in Avijit Ghosh's book, ''40 Retakes: Bollywood Classics You May Have Missed''.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} He broke up with her after he met [[Sharmila Tagore]], whom he married on 27 December 1968.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/soha-ali-khan-shares-an-endearing-picture-of-parents-sharmila-tagore-and-mansoor-ali-khan-pataudi-on-their-wedding-anniversary/articleshow/79989524.cms |title=Soha Ali Khan shares an endearing picture of parents, Sharmila Tagore and Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi on their wedding anniversary - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/from-toi-archives-tiger-pataudis-untold-tale/articleshow/10089930.cms |title=Tiger Pataudis untold tale |newspaper=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/rendezvous-simi-garewal-mansoor-ali-khan-pataudi-sharmila-tagore-142497-2011-10-03 |title=Tiger Pataudi's romance with Sharmila to air on Rendezvous with Simi Garewal in his memory.}}</ref> They had three children: [[Saif Ali Khan]] (b. 1970), a Bollywood actor, [[Saba Ali Khan]] (b. 1976),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/aug/28saif.htm |title=To Saif with love: Soha & Saba |work=rediff.com}}</ref> a jewellery designer, and [[Soha Ali Khan]] (b. 1978), a Bollywood actress and TV personality. The actress [[Kareena Kapoor Khan]] is his daughter-in-law, and the actress [[Sara Ali Khan]] is his granddaughter. Actor [[Kunal Khemu]] is his son-in-law. | ||
== Political Career == | |||
Pataudi also contested the [[Lok Sabha]] elections from the [[Gurgaon Lok Sabha constituency|Gurgaon constituency]] in 1971 under the [[Vishal Haryana Party|Vishal Haryana]] party, he came third and lost to [[Tayyab Husain]] earning a total of 22,979 votes. He later congratulated [[Chaudhary Rahim Khan]] with an elephant ride for defeating [[Tayyab Husain|Hussain]] in the [[Lok Sabha]] elections from the [[Faridabad Lok Sabha constituency|Faridabad constituency]] in 1984. <ref>{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes PC: Gurgaon 1971 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/lok-sabha-details/1971/haryana/gurgaon/1956/31/www.indiavotes.com/lok-sabha-details/1971/haryana/gurgaon/1956/31/5 |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref> | |||
== Controversies == | == Controversies == | ||
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==Death== | ==Death== | ||
Pataudi was admitted to [[Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (India)|Sir Ganga Ram Hospital]] in [[Rajendra Nagar, Delhi|Rajendra Nagar]], [[Central Delhi]] on 25 August 2011 with an acute lung infection caused by chronic [[interstitial lung disease]] which prevented his lungs from exchanging oxygen properly.<ref name=maktoi/> He | Pataudi was admitted to [[Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (India)|Sir Ganga Ram Hospital]] in [[Rajendra Nagar, Delhi|Rajendra Nagar]], [[Central Delhi]] on 25 August 2011 with an acute lung infection caused by chronic [[interstitial lung disease]] which prevented his lungs from exchanging oxygen properly.<ref name=maktoi/> He took his last breath on 22 Sept 2011 due to [[respiratory failure]] .<ref name="timesofindia">{{cite news |title=India loses its favourite Tiger |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-23/top-stories/30193462_1_greatest-cricket-captains-mansur-ali-khan-pataud-west-indies| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106134026/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-23/top-stories/30193462_1_greatest-cricket-captains-mansur-ali-khan-pataudi-west-indies| url-status=dead| archive-date=6 November 2012 |date=22 September 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]]| access-date=22 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="maktoi">{{cite news |title=Legendary cricketer Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi passes away |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-22/top-stories/30189064_1_mansur-ali-khan-pataudi-cricket-fraternity-mak-pataudi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106231747/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-22/top-stories/30189064_1_mansur-ali-khan-pataudi-cricket-fraternity-mak-pataudi|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 November 2011|access-date=22 September 2011 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=22 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="CC">{{cite news |title=Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi passes away |url=http://www.cricketcountry.com/cricket-articles/Mansoor-Ali-Khan-Pataudi-passes-away/5779 |access-date=22 September 2011 |work=Cricket Country |date=22 September 2011 |archive-date=24 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924170350/http://www.cricketcountry.com/cricket-articles/Mansoor-Ali-Khan-Pataudi-passes-away/5779 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His body was buried at [[Pataudi]], [[Gurgaon district]], [[Haryana]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiavision.com/news/article/topnews/231779/tiger-on-final-journey-to-pataudi/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103110741/http://www.indiavision.com/news/article/topnews/231779/tiger-on-final-journey-to-pataudi/|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013 |title=Tiger on final journey to Pataudi |date=23 September 2011 |publisher=Indiavision news}}</ref> | ||
==Awards and recognitions== | ==Awards and recognitions== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*{{cricinfo|id=32222}} | *{{cricinfo|id=32222}} | ||
* [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/8785423/The-Nawab-of-Pataudi.html Obituary of The Nawab of Pataudi, The Daily Telegraph, 23 September 2011] | * [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/8785423/The-Nawab-of-Pataudi.html Obituary of The Nawab of Pataudi, The Daily Telegraph, 23 September 2011] | ||
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Sports}} | {{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Sports}} | ||
{{Tagore family}} | {{Tagore family}} | ||
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Madhya Pradesh]] | [[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Madhya Pradesh]] | ||
[[Category:20th-century Indian politicians]] | [[Category:20th-century Indian politicians]] | ||
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