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Nawab Mohammad Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (also known as Mansur Ali Khan or M. A. K. Pataudi; 5 January 1941 – 22 September 2011; nicknamed Tiger Pataudi) was an Indian cricketer and a former captain of the Indian cricket team.
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Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi was an Indian Test cricketer who had also served as the captain of the Indian cricket team. Born into an affluent Muslim family in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, Mansoor completed his education from top-notch schools in Aligarh, Dehradun, and Winchester.
The Nawab of Pataudi - later Mansur Ali Khan - was, arguably, India's greatest captain ever. Taking over the reins of the Indian team at the age of 21, barely months after being involved in a...
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- February 5, 1941
- India
Nov 24, 2021 · In a span of his amazing cricket career, Pataudi had played 46 Tests in which he scored 2,793 runs with a Test batting average of 34.91 and became the Tiger of the Indian cricket team. On 5th January 1941, Mansoor Ali Khan was born to Nawab Iftikhar Ali Khan and Begum of Bhopal Sajida Sultan.
- Birth: Mohammad Mansur Ali Khan of Pataudi was born on 5 January 1941, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (Previously Bombay Province).
- Growing years and education: Pataudi was educated at Minto Circle in Aligarh and then went to Welham Boys’ School in Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Lockers Park Prep School in Hertfordshire and Winchester College.
- Origins: As Ray Robinson, the great Australian writer wrote in the People magazine in 1967, Pataudi traces his roots to Ali Khan, a Muslim who came from Afghanistan in the 16th century at the time of the Mughal emperor Akbar the Great.
- Born into Royalty: Mansur Ali Khan was born with a silver spoon. He lived in a palace which had 150 rooms, over 100 servants, seven or eight of whom were personal attendants of Pataudi as a kid.
Jan 4, 2016 · Mansur Ali Khan, Nawab of Pataudi, or “Tiger”, as he was known to everyone, was born January 5, 1941. Flamboyant with the willow, dynamic on the field, and a prince on and off the field,...
Also known as Tiger Pataudi or MAK Pataudi, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi was an Indian cricketer. He was the former captain of the Indian cricket team. He was the ninth Nawab of Pataudi.
