Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar mourn over Nawab of Pataudi’s demise – Cricket News Update
India cricket greats, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mansur-Ali-Khan-c1894 Pataudi, and termed it to be irreparable damage to the comity of cricket.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Iftikhar-Ali-Khan-Pataudi-Nawab-of-c64075 passed away last night at the age of 70. The legend’s demise sparked a wave of shock among the cricketing circles of India.
Tendulkar, who is himself is known as the God of Cricket, said emotionally, “It's a terrible loss to the cricketing world. I had the privilege of meeting him on a few occasions. World cricket will miss a hero like him. I really respected him.”
The Master Blaster was of the view that the cricket world would never be able to rub out the memories of Nawab who had rendered abundant services to the game. He also recalled some of the golden moments which he had spent with the deceased.
Gavaskar, the former Indian captain who met Pataudi a few weeks back in England during Team India’s troublesome series, was swayed with sorrow after hearing the obituary.
He told, “This is very sad news indeed. Only a few weeks ago we saw him in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 at the presentation of the Pataudi Trophy and he looked his usual self. Therefore to get this news is a shock.”
He further stated, “Tiger Pataudi was the most charismatic cricketer of his generation. To bat with almost zero vision in one eye and still to score nearly 3000 runs and half a dozen centuries in Test cricket tells you what a genius he was.”
Gavaskar termed Pataudi’s departure as a ‘huge loss’ to cricket and showed sympathies for the deceased’s family.
The Nawab is remembered as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s greatest captain. Taking the reins of the team at the young age of just 21, he led them to win their first overseas Test series in 1967. Apart from this, he piloted his players to clinch some other iconic marks in International
cricket.
Making his Test debut in 1961, Mansur played 46 games before he retired in 1975. He also played 310 First-Class matches from 1957 to 1976. He also worked as International Cricket Council’s (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625) match referee for some years.
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