New Delhi: A day after his demise following a lung disease, body of former India cricket captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi is being moved to Pataudi village where his last rites will be performed today.
Pataudi, one of India’s most charismatic cricketers and a prolific batsman despite losing an eye, died on Thursday aged 70. Pataudi’s body was moved to his home in the Vasant Vihar locality in New Delhi in the early hours of Friday morning.
Pataudi’s son Saif Ali Khan with girlfriend Kareena Kapoor, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and many other known personalities were present at the Pataudi residence.
The former national captain, better known as the Nawab of Pataudi or ‘Tiger’, was admitted to a New Delhi hospital earlier this month and appeared to be recovering before his condition deteriorated on Wednesday.
“He was suffering from interstitial (tissue) lung disease which worsened rapidly in spite of the best treatment available,” hospital spokesman S. P. Byotra said on Thursday.
Pataudi is survived by his actress wife Sharmila Tagore, two daughters and a son, Saif.
Pataudi played 46 Tests between 1961 and 1975, scoring 2,793 runs at an average of 34.91 with six centuries, including an unbeaten 203 against England in New Delhi in 1964.
Nicknamed ‘Tiger’ because of his excellent catching and throwing in the outfield, he was regarded as one of India’s finest fielders.An adventurous batsman who was not afraid to loft the ball over the infield, Pataudi played most of his career without his right eye%2