Senior Pataudi:
Iftikhar Ali Khan was born at Pataudi House, Delhi in 1910 in the family of the Nawabs of Pataudi, a small non-salute princely state near Delhi (modern day Haryana). He was the eldest son of Nawab Muhammad Ibrahim Ali Khan of Pataudi and his wife Shahar Bano Begum. He became Nawab on his father’s death in 1917 and was formally installed as ruler in December 1931. He played six Tests in his career out of which, he played for two countries- India and England, the only cricketer to do so. When he was playing for England, he played against India in practice matches. His son Mansoor Ali Khan Patudi was a former captain f India.