Mansoor ali khan pataudi biography graphic organizer pdf

Known throughout his cricket career as the Nawab of Pataudi Junior, a title abolished years later during Indira Gandhi's reforms, Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi — "Tiger" or "Pat" to his friends — earned a special place in cricket history for his extraordinary success as a batsman after losing most of the sight in his right eye in a car accident in Hove, East Sussex, in July Pataudi died on 22nd September in New Delhi.

Pataudi was born in Bhopal, where his mother was the Nawab's daughter, but grew up in the white-walled palace in Pataudi, a province around 40 miles south-west of Delhi ruled by his father, Iftikhar Ali Khan, the eighth Nawab of Pataudi.

Was Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi who led the team in 21 Tests.

Pataudi Jr. He made a century on his debut at Sydney on the Bodyline tour during which he objected to Douglas Jardine's tactics and then led his native country in three Tests against England in He died while playing polo on his son's 11th birthday, and soon afterwards the new Nawab was on his way to England to continue his education.

Pataudi was educated at A. He was a schoolboy batting prodigy at Winchester, relying on his keen eyes to punish the bowling. He captained the school team in , scoring 1, runs that season and beating the school record set in by Douglas Jardine. He also won the public schools rackets championship, with partner Christopher Snell.

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He made his first-class debut for Sussex in August , aged 16, and also played for Oxford while he was at university and was the first Indian captain there. On 1 July , 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.

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. Despite his eye injury less than 6 months before, he made his Test debut playing against England in Delhi in December He found it easiest to play with his cap pulled down over his damaged right eye.

He was appointed vice-captain for the tour to the West Indies in