The House of Pataudi organized the final match of The Bhopal Pataudi Cup, one of India’s most historic & premier tournaments, at Jaipur Polo Ground, Inside the Delhi Race Course, on the 17th October 2021, Sunday. Unfortunately, the match could not be played because of rain. But both the teams, namely, DB Realty Achiever & VS KARA Chivalry were declared winners. The chief guest at the game was Sharmila Tagore, also known as Begum Ayesha Sultana Khan post her marriage to Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, who felicitated all the players. The game was blessed with the presence of Delhi’s Top Most Soclites like Roma, Designer Amit GT, Ishika Taneja, Simran Suri with Ushpal Singh Suri, Risha Harrison, and many more.
With the Bhopal Pataudi Cup, Saif Ali Khan, who is also the 10th successor in the Nawab legacy, feels gratified to take his father’s – Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi’s legacy ahead who continued to do so for his father – Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi. Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi started The Bhopal Pataudi Cup property to Honour his father, who died while playing polo in Delhi on Mansoor’s eleventh birthday in 1952, whereupon Mansoor succeeded him as the ninth Nawab. Mansoor Ali Khan always cherished how the Army Officials and the Royals and now some of the well-established Businesses have kept the game alive.
The Pataudi family is an Indian dynasty of nawabs of the former princely state of Pataudi, from which they take their name. Pataudi’s have been known for their sportsmanship and fair play, and sporting spirit has been a part of shaping their growing years and the culture they have inherited from their ancestors.
Saif Ali Khan feels proud to be a part of such an esteemed succession of Sportsmen and talks about the values that run in his blood from a very young age and looks forward to taking this family property and legacy of the Bhopal Pataudi Cup to the next level in the coming years with his brand House of Pataudi.
