Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi

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Nawab of Pataudi India (IND)
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.) pronunciation (help·info), nicknamed Tiger is a former Indian cricketer and former captain of the Indian cricket team.

Contents 1 Personal life & Education 2 Cricketing career 3 Politics 4 Awards and recognition 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Personal life & Education

Mansoor was born on January 5, 1941, at Bhopal in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh 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 Winchester College, a famous independent school for boys in Winchester, England and at the University of Oxford. By happenstance, 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 did inherit 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:

• Saif Ali Khan, a bollywood actor;
• Soha Ali Khan, a bollywood actress;
• Saba Ali Khan a jewellery designer.

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. Upon her demise in 1995, Mansoor is 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

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

• Arjuna award (1964)

[edit] References

• Genealogy of the ruling chiefs of Pataudi
• Genealogy of the ruling chiefs of Bhopal
• Genealogy of the ruling chiefs of Bhopal
• Cricinfo profile - Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
• Pataudi surrenders at the Jhajjar court

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

[edit] External links