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{{Short description|Under 23 first class cricket tournament in India}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament main
| name = C.K. Nayudu Trophy
| image =
| administrator = [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]
| cricket format = [[First-class cricket|Under-23 First Class Cricket]]
| first = 1973-74
| last = 2024–25

| tournament format = [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]], then [[Single-elimination tournament|knockout]]

| participants = 38
| qualification =
| champions = [[Punjab Cricket Association|Punjab]]
| most successful = Mumbai
| most runs =
| most wickets =
| headquarters=NCA, [[Bengaluru]]
| TV=[[YouTube]]
|longest continuous champion=[[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
|next=
|website={{URL|https://www.bcci.tv}}
| current = [[C.K. Nayudu Trophy|2024–25]]
}}

The '''Colonel C. K. Nayudu Trophy''' is a domestic cricket championship played in [[India]] between 38 under-23 teams<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |date=2024-05-11 |title=Domestic cricket reforms: BCCI eliminates toss in CK Nayudu Trophy |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/domestic-cricket-reforms-bcci-eliminates-toss-in-ck-nayudu-trophy/articleshow/110038670.cms |access-date=2024-10-08 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> representing various state and regional cricket associations. It is organised by the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] (BCCI) and is named after India's first [[Test cricket]] captain [[C. K. Nayudu]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Raiji |first=Vasant |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s7MyAAAAIAAJ&q=C.+K.+Nayudu+Trophy+under |title=C.K. Nayudu, the Shahenshah of Indian Cricket |date=1989 |publisher=Marine Sports |isbn=978-81-85361-00-0 |pages=62 |language=en |author-link=Vasant Raiji}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bhushan |first=Aditya |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eiTyDwAAQBAJ&q=C.+K.+Nayudu+Trophy+under |title=A Colonel Destined To Lead |date=2019 |publisher=StoryMirror |isbn=978-93-87269-27-9 |pages=67 |language=en}}</ref> Each match is played over four-days. Over its history, it has been played with various age-limits including under-22, under-23, under-25.<ref name=":3" /> The current champions are [[Tamil Nadu]] who defeated [[Maharashtra]] in 2026 at Dindigul.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Venkatesan |first=S. Prasanna |date=2026-03-10 |title=Col. C.K. Nayudu Trophy Final {{!}} TN holds the edge after taking first innings lead against Maharashtra |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/col-ck-nayudu-trophy-final-tn-holds-the-edge-after-taking-first-innings-lead-against-maharashtra/article70726844.ece |access-date=2026-03-11 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== History ==
In 1973–74, BCCI named a tournament for under-22 cricketers after India's first [[Test cricket]] captain, C. K. Nayudu. It was initially called 'Junior Tournament of India for the Colonel Nayudu Trophy'.<ref name=":1" /> The trophy was donated by the [[Mumbai Cricket Association|Bombay Cricket Association]] from the funds collected to perpetuate the memory of Nayudu.<ref name=":1" /> Until 2003–04 season, the tournament was played in zonal format.

From 2014 to 2015 season onwards, BCCI lowered the age-limit for the tournament from 25 to 23 and restricted the number of Ranji Trophy cricketers in the playing XI to only three.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Mukherjee |first=Sudatta |date=29 July 2014 |title=BCCI's changes age-limit to 23 for CK Nayudu Trophy |url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/news/bccis-resolution-to-lower-age-limit-for-ck-nayudu-trophy-has-created-fuss-among-few-state-cricket-associations-164456 |access-date=27 April 2023 |website=[[Cricket Country]] |language=en}}</ref> The age-limit of 23 continued till the 2019–20 season. From 2021 to 2022 season onwards, the BCCI brought back the age-limit to 25 years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Karhadkar |first=Amol |date=5 March 2022 |title=CK Nayudu Trophy to begin on March 22 |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/domestic/ck-nayudu-trophy-to-begin-on-march-22-indian-domestic-cricket-news/article38449603.ece |access-date=27 April 2023 |website=[[Sportstar]] |language=en |quote=The tournament that is reverted from U-23 to U-25 from this season was postponed due to the COVID-19 surge in January.}}</ref> in 2024 BCCI changed it to Under-23 Tournament again.<ref name=":5" />

== Winners ==
[[File:CK Nayudu 1930s scan.jpg|thumb|[[C. K. Nayudu]], after whom the tournament is named]]The following teams have won the tournament:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Season
!Winner
!Runner-up
!Note
!{{Abbr|Ref|Reference(s)}}
|-
|2007–08
|Mumbai
|Maharashtra
|U-22
|<ref name="win">{{cite web |date=22 December 2007 |title=Mumbai win CK Nayudu Trophy |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22919210/mumbai-win-ck-nayudu-trophy |access-date=28 September 2022 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
|-
|2014–15
|Uttar Pradesh
|Himachal Pradesh
|U-23
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=2014-15 Col C K Nayudu Trophy |url=https://www.bcci.tv/domestic/7/col-c-k-nayudu-trophy |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=BCCI |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2015–16
|Mumbai
|Madhya Pradesh
|U-23
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=CK Nayudu Trophy 2015-16: Mumbai U-23 wins title |url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/news/ck-nayudu-trophy-2015-16-mumbai-u-23-wins-title-409993 |access-date=26 April 2023 |work=Cricket Country |date=3 March 2016}}</ref>
|-
|2016–17
|Punjab
|Andhra
|U-23
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=2016-17 Col C K Nayudu Trophy |url=https://www.bcci.tv/domestic/73/col-c-k-nayudu-trophy |access-date=26 April 2023 |publisher=BCCI}}</ref>
|-
|2017–18
|Delhi
|Mumbai
|U-23
|<ref>{{cite web |date=20 December 2017 |title=क्रिकेट में दिल्‍ली टीम की एक और बड़ी सफलता, मुंबई को हराकर इस ट्रॉफी पर जमाया कब्‍जा |url=https://ndtv.in/cricket/anuj-rawats-75-helps-delhi-trounce-mumbai-by-five-wickets-to-lift-ck-nayudu-trophy-1790187 |access-date=28 September 2022 |website=[[NDTV]] |language=hi}}</ref>
|-
|2018–19
|Punjab
|Bengal
|U-23
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=2018-19 Col C K Nayudu Trophy |url=https://www.bcci.tv/domestic/149/col-c-k-nayudu-trophy |access-date=26 April 2023 |website=BCCI |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2019–20
|Vidarbha
|Madhya Pradesh
|U-23
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=2019-20 Col C K Nayudu Trophy |url=https://www.bcci.tv/domestic/196/col-c-k-nayudu-trophy |access-date=26 April 2023 |website=BCCI |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2020–21
| colspan="4" |Not held due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Gupta |first=Gaurav |date=5 March 2022 |title=CK Nayudu Trophy to begin from March 17 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/ck-nayudu-trophy-to-begin-from-march-17/articleshow/90017805.cms |access-date=28 September 2022 |website=[[The Times of India]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2021–22
|Mumbai
|Vidarbha
|U-25
|<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=27 April 2022 |title=Shams Mulani helps Mumbai U-25 lift Col CK Nayudu Trophy |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/shams-mulani-helps-mumbai-u-25-lift-col-ck-nayudu-trophy-7890418/ |access-date=28 September 2022 |website=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2022–23
|Gujarat
|Mumbai
|U-25
|<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Mayure |first=Subodh |date=16 March 2023 |title=CK Nayudu Trophy final: Mumbai succumb to Gujarat in just 12 minutes |url=https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/mumbai-succumb-to-gujarat-in-12-mins-23275511 |access-date=26 April 2023 |website=[[Mid-Day]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=2022-23 Col C K Nayudu Trophy |url=https://www.bcci.tv/domestic/250/col-c-k-nayudu-trophy |access-date=26 April 2023 |website=BCCI |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2023–24
|Karnataka
|Uttar Pradesh
|U-23
|<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":1" />
|-
|2024–25
|Punjab
|Mumbai
|U-23
|<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":1" />
|-
|2025-2026
|Tamil Nadu
|Maharashtra
|U-23
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Venkatesan |first=S. Prasanna |date=2026-03-10 |title=Col. C.K. Nayudu Trophy Final {{!}} TN holds the edge after taking first innings lead against Maharashtra |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/col-ck-nayudu-trophy-final-tn-holds-the-edge-after-taking-first-innings-lead-against-maharashtra/article70726844.ece |access-date=2026-03-11 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
<references />

==External links==
* [http://www.bcci.tv Official website of the BCCI]

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Bharat at 21:13, 11 March 2026