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Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi
Biography Of Indian Legend Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi- India’s Greatest Cricket Captain
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 1961.
He has been described as "India’s greatest cricket captain" taking over the reins of the Indian team at the age of 21, barely months after the car accident. Pataudi died on 22nd September 2011 in New Delhi.
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