Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi is the 9th Nawab of Pataudi . Better known as Tiger Pataudi, he is the youngest cricketer ever to captain the Indian team having been elevated to the post at the age of 21 in 1962. Pataudi was a right-hand batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler and played 46 Tests for India between 1961 and 1975. Now long before this historic appointment, Pataudi had completely lost vision in his right eye in a major car accident. But despite this he went on to captain the country in 40 matches and in addition, he was also the skipper of the English county Sussex in 1966. While Patuadi`s stint as skipper was not a very fruitful one, with the team winning only 9 matches during his tenure, he does have the distinction of leading India to its first overseas victory over New Zealand in 1967.