Dubbed as one of India's greatest cricket captains, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi suffered an injury after being involved in a car accident in Hove, in 1961. A shard of glass penetrated his right eye, damaging it for good.
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Despite having one good eye, Pataudi went on to resume his cricket practice, and tried learning to play with one eye. He soon made his test debut against England in late 1961, and his century in the third Madras test helped India win a test series against England for the first time ever.
He became the youngest cricket captain in the world in March 1962, when an injury forced sitting captain Nari Contractor to go into recovery. He ended his test career after appearing in 46 matches and scoring 2,793 runs. Called by many as 'Tiger', Pataudi will go down in Indian cricket history as one of the bravest cricketers to ever grace this sport.
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