Nawab Mohammad Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, also known as Mansur Ali Khan or M. A. K. Pataudi, was an Indian cricketer and a former captain of the Indian cricket team. He was born on 5 January 1941.
At the age of 21, Pataudi was named India's cricket captain and is regarded as "one of (its) greatest." Former England captain and contemporaneous Ted Dexter and commentator John Arlott both referred to Pataudi as the "best fielder in the world" of his era. He passed away on September 22, 2011.
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