5 cricketers who were more successful than their fathers

#2 Iftikhar Ali Khan and Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi

Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi (left) and Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi took charge of the Indian cricket team at a tender age of 21, a few months after he lost the vision in his right eye due to a car accident. The charismatic right-handed batsman was one of the best captains the country ever had and led the Indian team to its first overseas Test victory in 1967. He played 46 Test matches and scored 2,793 runs at a moderate average of 34.91 including 6 centuries, and a top score of unbeaten 203 against England at the Feroz Shah Kotla, in Delhi.

Iftikhar Ali Pataudi is the only cricketer to have played Test matches for both India and England, although his International career lasted for only six matches. Having made a century in his debut innings for England during their tour to Australia in 1932, he played three Tests for the European nation. Ifthikar played his last match for England in 1934, and about 12 years later, in 1946 he played three Tests for India but failed to make a mark, thus leaving Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi with the better record amongst the two.