Bollywood actor and son of former Indian captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Saif Ali Khan revealed how former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott had once doubted the visual impairment of his father.
The Nawab of Pataudi knowns as Tiger Pataudi played 46 Tests for India between 1961 and 1975 and led India in 40 of them. He was the first captain to win a test series abroad against New Zealand in 1967. In his career, he scored 2,793 runs at an average of 34.91 with six centuries and 16 half-centuries.
During an interview with Sportskeeda, Saif mentioned how Boycott's remarks about his father had agitated him.
"Boycott, who I really looked up to, made me really angry one day. He said, 'I heard about your father, it's not possible to play Test cricket with one eye.' I asked him if he thinks my father is lying, to which he replied, 'Yes! I think he's making it up," Saif said
"I told my father that, and he got really annoyed. He said, 'Well, I was bloody good with two eyes. I'm just good with one.' That was the only arrogant remark I ever heard him make," he added.
Tiger Pataudi passed away on September 22, 2011, and played most of the cricket without his right eye, which he lost in a car accident in England in 1961.
The Nawab of Pataudi knowns as Tiger Pataudi played 46 Tests for India between 1961 and 1975 and led India in 40 of them. He was the first captain to win a test series abroad against New Zealand in 1967. In his career, he scored 2,793 runs at an average of 34.91 with six centuries and 16 half-centuries.
During an interview with Sportskeeda, Saif mentioned how Boycott's remarks about his father had agitated him.
"Boycott, who I really looked up to, made me really angry one day. He said, 'I heard about your father, it's not possible to play Test cricket with one eye.' I asked him if he thinks my father is lying, to which he replied, 'Yes! I think he's making it up," Saif said
"I told my father that, and he got really annoyed. He said, 'Well, I was bloody good with two eyes. I'm just good with one.' That was the only arrogant remark I ever heard him make," he added.
Tiger Pataudi passed away on September 22, 2011, and played most of the cricket without his right eye, which he lost in a car accident in England in 1961.