Profile details
- Born
- 5 Jan 1941
- Birthplace
- Bhopal
- State listed
- Madhya Pradesh
- Country
- India
- Position
- Batter
- Sport
- Cricket
- Discipline
- Team
- Category
- Men
- Status
- Active
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Honours & Awards
- ▸Arjuna Award
- ▸Padma Shri
- ▸Wisden Cricketer of the Year
Statistics
About
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. Pataudi was appointed India's cricket captain at the age of 21, and described as "one of (its) greatest". Pataudi was also called the "best fielder in the world" of his time by commentator John Arlott and former England captain and contemporary, Ted Dexter.
Biography adapted from Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Snapshot taken — where the text describes a role or a club in the present tense, read it as of that date.
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