Full name Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi (Nawab of)
Born January 5, 1941, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Died September 22, 2011, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi (aged 70 years 260 days)
Major teams India, Delhi, Hyderabad (India), Oxford University, Sussex
Also known as M A K Pataudi
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Education Winchester
Relation Father - Nawab of Pataudi snr, Nephew - SB Jung
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
46 | 83 | 3 | 2793 | 203* | 34.91 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 27 | 0 |
First-class | 310 | 499 | 41 | 15425 | 203* | 33.67 | 33 | 75 | 208 | 0 | |
List A | 7 | 6 | 0 | 210 | 51 | 35.00 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
46 | 10 | 132 | 88 | 1 | 1/10 | 1/10 | 88.00 | 4.00 | 132.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 310 | 1192 | 776 | 10 | 1/0 | 77.60 | 3.90 | 119.2 | 0 | 0 | |||
List A | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Test debut | India v England at Delhi, Dec 13-18, 1961 scorecard |
Last Test | India v West Indies at Mumbai, Jan 23-29, 1975 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
First-class span | 1957 - 1975/76 |
List A span | 1965 - 1974/75 |
Test debut | England v Australia at Manchester, Jun 3-7, 1993 scorecard |
Last Test | England v Australia at Lord's, Jun 17-21, 1993 scorecard |
Test matches | 2 |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | England v Australia at Manchester, May 19, 1993 scorecard |
Last ODI | Australia v New Zealand at Chennai, Mar 11, 1996 scorecard |
ODI matches | 10 |
ODI statistics |
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 car accident that would impair the sight in his right eye forever, he led India in 40 of 46 Tests he played in, and won 9 of them. But more than anything else, he led Indian cricket out of its morass of defeatism and instilled in his fellow cricketers a belief that winning was possible. Under him, India achieved their first overseas Test victory against New Zealand in 1967. This he achieved by playing, as had become customary with him, three spinners, because he reckoned, against conventional thinking, that India's only chance lay in playing to their strengths. As a batsman he was boldly adventurous and unorthodox for his times, and unafraid to loft the ball over the infield. His Test average was a modest 34, but what he could have achieved with complete sight is a matter of conjecture. Though he was the editor of a sports magazine for a decade, he remained generally aloof from the media and, for the most part, away from cricket administration. But till his death to a lung ailment in 2011 his was a voice widely respected in the cricket community. Sambit Bal
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1968