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C. S. Nayudu
Left-right: C.K., C.S. and C.L. Nayudu
Personal information
Born18 April 1914
Nagpur, Maharashtra, British India
Died22 November 2002 (aged 88)
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeg-break googly
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 20)5 January 1934 v England
Last Test12 January 1952 v England
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 11 174
Runs scored 147 5,786
Batting average 9.18 23.90
100s/50s 0/0 4/33
Top score 36 127
Balls bowled 522 30,961
Wickets 2 647
Bowling average 179.50 26.54
5 wickets in innings 0 50
10 wickets in match 0 13
Best bowling 1/19 8/93
Catches/stumpings 3/– 144/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 May 2020

Cottari Subbanna Nayudu (pronunciationⓘ; 18 April 1914 – 22 November 2002) was an Indian cricketer who played in eleven Tests from 1934 to 1952. He was an allrounder, and had a distinguished Ranji Trophy career between 1931–32 and 1961–62. He was the younger brother of the cricketer C. K. Nayudu.[1][2]

Early life

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Cottari Subbanna Nayudu was born on 18 April 1914[1] in Nagpur to a Telugu-speaking Kapu family.[3][4][5] His parents were Cottari Surya Prakash Rao Nayudu and Mahalaxmi.[6] C. S. Nayudu's ancestors hailed from Machilipatnam town in Andhra Pradesh.[7][8] C. S. Nayudu's older brother C. K. Nayudu was the first captain of Indian national cricket team.[1]

Career

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C. S. Nayudu played his first first-class match in 1932 when he was 17, and his last in 1961 when he was 46.[9] He played 56 Ranji Trophy matches, representing eight teams and captaining four of them.[10] In the 1942–43 Ranji Trophy tournament, he became the first bowler to take forty wickets in one season in India.[2] In the final of the 1944–45 Ranji Trophy, he bowled a record of 917 balls in one Ranji Trophy match.[2]

International career

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Nayudu made his test debut in the test against England at Calcutta, 5–8 Jan 1934, and played his last test against England at Kanpur, 12–14 Jan 1952

References

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  1. ^ a b c "C. S. Nayudu". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "The IPL is born". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  3. ^ M. L. Kantha Rao (July 1999), A Study of the Socio-Political Mobility of the Kapu Caste in Modern Andhra. University of Hyderabad. Chapter 6. p. 301–303. hdl:10603/25437
  4. ^ A. Vijaya Kumari; Sepuri Bhaskar (1998). Social Change Among Balijas: Majority Community of Andhra Pradesh. M.D. Publications. p. 14. ISBN 978-81-7533-072-6.
  5. ^ Mukherji, Raju (2005). Cricket in India: Origin and Heroes. UBS Publishers' Distributors. p. 13. ISBN 978-81-7476-508-6.
  6. ^ Nayudu, Chandra (1995). C.K. Nayudu, a Daughter Remembers. Rupa. p. 3. ISBN 978-81-7167-283-7.
  7. ^ Nayudu, Chandra (1995). C.K. Nayudu, a Daughter Remembers. Rupa. p. 3. ISBN 978-81-7167-283-7.
  8. ^ Naidu, T. Appala (29 June 2018). "Row over C.K. Nayudu's statue". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  9. ^ "First-Class Matches played by C.S. Nayudu". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  10. ^ Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2003, pp. 1643–44.
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