The only legend who played international cricket for both India and England

In the cricket world, you must have seen a cricketer playing international cricket from two countries. Many players have done this. Nevertheless, you have never seen that any player of the Indian team has also played with the England team in his career. In such a situation, today we will tell you about such a legendary player who has played international cricket for both India and England teams.

Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, born on 16 March 1910 in Shahi Pataudi Khandar of Punjab, was the father of former India captain Tiger Pataudi. He made his debut for England in the prestigious Ashes series played between England and Australia in the year 1932. Pataudi Sahab’s debut was excellent and he had scored a brilliant century in his debut. Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi scored 102 runs in 380 balls in his debut match played in Sydney. He had hit 6 fours in his innings. Iftikhare has played three matches for England. The interesting thing is that he played all these three matches during the Ashes.

Team India’s third test captain

Iftikhar Pataudi came to India after England and he took command of Team India in the year 1936. He became India’s third Test captain after CK Naidu Maharaj of Vizianagaram. Pataudi, who was the captain of the Test team for almost a year, captained India in 3 matches. Looking at his captaincy statistics, he lost two out of three tests and drew one. Nawab Pataudi played 3 Test matches for India in which he was the captain of the team. He is the only cricketer to have played international cricket for both India and England.