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Memorial lunch in honour of Pataudi held in London | A memorial lunch, hosted by the Indian Journalists' Association (IJA)
in honour of the late Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, one of India's most charismatic
cricket captains, was held here. The lunch was attended by Pataudi's wife Sharmila
Tagore and three children. "Whenever we would call him or ask him something about
life, however complicated it was, he would have a wonderful one line answer and
give the best advice,” Saif Ali Khan said. The heroic 70-year-old former Indian
cricket captain breathed his last on September 22, 2011 after losing a battle
against lung infection. Calling him an essence of grace and intelligence, former
Indian cricketer, Dilip Doshi said he used to bring a sense of belief in the dressing
room. Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor was also present at the lunch, along with
a host of dignitaries including Pataudi's first cousin Shahryar Mohammad Khan
and his family. “The most tragic and sad moment of my life was when I was in the
Pakistan High Commission as the third secretary, I learned of his accident in
Brighton and not only the accident but the fact that he had probably lost the
sight of one eye,” said Shahryar Mohammad Khan, also a former Foreign Secretary
of Pakistan. A short film on Pataudi's cricket life was also screened for the
gathering. Son of Iftikhar Ali Khan, who represented both England and India in
Test cricket, Pataudi lost an eye in a car accident but still went on to become
an aggressive batsman and an agile fielder. Pataudi was shoehorned into captaincy
when he was barely 21 and he led in 40 tests, winning nine of them and guiding
India to their first away series victory in New Zealand in 1968.
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