Manzoor Ali Khan Pataudi
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Topic: Manzoor Ali Khan Pataudi
Posted By: DRAVID FAN
Subject: Manzoor Ali Khan Pataudi
Date Posted: 02 October 2006 at 8:33pm
| I think he is one of the best ever players to have played the game. I agree he didn't set many records and many people haven't heard of him. For those who haven't, he is one of the best Indian batsman ever. He would've become greater if he didn't lose one eye. The great thing about him is that even after losing an eye, he still continues to play. What I'm trying to say is that if he didn't lose that eye of his, he would've become greater than he was. What are your opinions about him. |
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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 02 October 2006 at 8:44pm
| He's probably more famously known as Nawab of Pataudi, but anyone who can play top class cricket with impaired eyesight must have a great deal of courage and latent ability |
Posted By: wiseguy
Date Posted: 03 October 2006 at 7:30am
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That also speak volumes of indian cricket and cricketers , that they dont need more than an eye to play cricket! just kidding, Nawab pataudi has been a big name in indian cricket, and his son Saif is an indian superstar in movies too! Actually his name is Mansoor rather than Manzoor, just check DF. ------------- so far so good! |
Posted By: DRAVID FAN
Date Posted: 03 October 2006 at 12:53pm
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I had a doubt there, but it's okay.
But still playing with impaired eyes is not very easy. It does take a great deal of courage. During one interview he said that he often ended up seeing more than one ball. ------------- |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 04 October 2006 at 6:39am
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There was a young 16 year old indian boy who lost his leg travelled 30km I think to the Champions Trophy and he to plays cricket and Yuvraj Singh helped him,the story is in cricinfo in the champions trohpy. I don't know how he was at cricket though but dives without legs really well and bowls too. ------------- Check out my blog http://crictopia.blogspot.com/ pretty bad though... |
Posted By: MP12
Date Posted: 04 October 2006 at 6:47am
wow this guy sounds amazing. I admire the courage he has to continue a true example of you can do anything you want if you believe in yourself |
Posted By: DRAVID FAN
Date Posted: 04 October 2006 at 1:05pm
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He must have been great AK. But he will most probably make it only to the blind and deaf team and not the International team.
Pataudi was known as one of India's greatest batsman and captains and is still known MP12. ------------- |
Posted By: Chin Music
Date Posted: 04 October 2006 at 1:22pm
Apparantly people used to say that the reason Bradman was so much better than anyone else must have been that he had incredibly good vision, so he had his eyes tested and his vision was found to be significantly below average! Ive never heard fo this Pataudi guy either, but thats an impressive story. Actually i used to play with a guy with only one working eye and he did phenominally well considering - hardly ever dropped a catch ------------- Turnham Green CC Fast bowler & middle/lower-order bat |
Posted By: dhoniisbest
Date Posted: 04 October 2006 at 7:39pm
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Thanks for this thread, DF.
I kind of had idea that Patuadi had lost his eyes. Because my dad told me that. I didn't how much good he was in cricket. ------------- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
Posted By: DRAVID FAN
Date Posted: 04 October 2006 at 8:31pm
At one point, when I had just started taking interest in cricket about 8-9 years ago, I used to ask my mom of Indian cricket history and she always talked about Pataudi. That's how I knew how good he was. Then Saif Ali Khan came onto the screen and then they were talking if he could be a cricketer or an actor (his mom was an exceptional actress) and then Shah Rukh Khan said that he had his mom's cricketing talent and his dad's acting talent.  Anyway after he became an actor, I learned more about his father.------------- |