About Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi
Nawab Mohammad Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, sometimes I. A. K. Pataudi (16 March 1910 – 5 January 1952), was an Indian prince and cricket player. He was the captain of the India's national cricket team during its tour of England in 1946. His son Mansoor also later served as captain of the India cricket team. He also played Test cricket for the England team in 1932 and 1934, making him one of the few cricketers to have played Test cricket for two countries and the only Test cricketer to have played for both India and England. He played in six Tests in all, three as captain of India and three for England. Pataudi was the ruling Nawab of the princely state of Pataudi during the British Raj from 1917 until 1947. After the state was absorbed into independent India, he was granted a privy purse, certain privileges, and the use of the title Nawab of Pataudi by the Government of India, which he retained until his death in 1952. The Pataudi family traces their origin to Faiz Talab Khan, an ethnic Pashtun of the Barech tribe, from Kandahar, Afghanistan, who became the first Nawab of the Pataudi State in 1804. It was two years before he won a blue; this was for a 106 and 84 that saved a match against Cambridge. In the University Match that year, Alan Ratcliffe scored 201 for Cambridge, a new record.
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