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Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi: India’s greatest ever captain.

कप्तान. Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, who passed away on September 22 aged 70, was one of India’s most charismatic cricketers of all time.
Leading India barely at the age of 21, he remains India’s youngest ever as well as one of the greatest ever to captain India. He led India in 40 Tests out of 46 he played for the country. Though under him India were able to register only 9 wins, he was India’s first captain who instilled a feeling of self-belief .
He was also instrumental in leading India to a famous victory in New Zealand in 1967, which remained a jinx for Indian until Dhoni’s broke it two years back.
It was incidentally India’s first ever Test series victory outside India.
A car accident permanently damaged vision in his right eye when he was only 20. This, however, did not affect his widely acclaimed playing skills and few month later he made his international debut.
He made his debut against England in 1961 and scored his maiden ton, a classy 103, in his third Test against England to set-up a 128-run win in Chennai.  The innings earned him a berth for the Caribbean tour.
A nasty injury to Nari Contractor, who had to undergo a brain operation after being hit by a Charlie Griffith bouncer, changed Pataudi’s fortunes, who had to miss the first two Tests against the West Indies.
Pataudi, on March 23, 1962, at the age of 21 years and 79 days, became the youngest cricketer to captain any country in a Test match.