MOHAMMAD IFTIKHAR ALI KHAN SIDDIQUI


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MOHAMMAD IFTIKHAR ALI KHAN SIDDIQUI
(16 Mar 1910 – 5 Jan 1952)

Mohammad Iftikhar Ali Khan Siddiqui, the erstwhile eighth Nawab of Pataudi, is the only cricketer to have played Tests for both India and England, three each. And like Col C. K. Nayudu, Iftikhar Ali Khan too captained India in all the Tests that he played...

Making his debut in the bodyline Ashes series of 1932 down under, he emulated both Ranjitsinhji and Duleepsinhji with his century at the SCG. He played just one more Test in that series as he disapproved of his skipper Douglas Jardine's approach and tactics...

Iftikhar Ali Khan got a recall during the 1934 Ashes, and played his last for England as he returned to India soon after. He was all set to lead India for the 1936 England tour, but the scheming Vizzy managed to throw a spanner in the works. However, Iftikhar Ali Khan led India a decade later to England, in 1946, and though England won the three Test series 1-0, the Indian performance wasn't too bad...

From 6 Tests iftikhar Ali Khan scored 199 runs @19.90 with 102 as his highest, that being his only 50+ score as well...

Iftikhar Ali Khan's first class career was far more impressive. He had the opportunity to represent five teams viz. Oxford University, Worcestershire, Maharaja of Patiala XI, Southern Punjab and Western India. From 127 games in all he scored 8,750 runs @48.61 with 238* as his highest, 29 hundreds and 34 fifties, and 58 catches...

Iftikhar Ali Khan was also fine hockey player who was selected in the squad for the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. He played a few practice games, but couldn't be part of that Gold medal winning team due to nonavailability...

Installed as the Nawab in 1931, Iftikhar Ali Khan was good at billiards and polo too, besides being an accomplished speaker. He gave up his province after independence and worked for the Indian Foreign Office till his demise...

In 2007, in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of India's Test debut, the Marylebone Cricket Club instituted a trophy in his honour for Test series between India and England...

Iftikhar Ali Khan passed away this day in 1952, at a tender age of 41 while playing polo, which happened to be his son Mansur Ali Khan's 11th birthday...

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