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{{Short description|Indian cricketer (1914–2002)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = C. S. Nayudu
| image = Nayudu brothers c1934.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Left-right: C.K., C.S. and C.L. Nayudu
| birth_date = 18 April 1914
| birth_place = [[Nagpur]], [[Maharashtra]], [[British India]]
| death_date = 22 November 2002 (aged 88)
| death_place = [[Indore]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Leg-break googly
| columns = 2
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 11
| runs1 = 147
| bat avg1 = 9.18
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 36
| deliveries1 = 522
| wickets1 = 2
| bowl avg1 = 179.50
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 1/19
| catches/stumpings1= 3/–
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches2 = 174
| runs2 = 5,786
| bat avg2 = 23.90
| 100s/50s2 = 4/33
| top score2 = 127
| deliveries2 = 30,961
| wickets2 = 647
| bowl avg2 = 26.54
| fivefor2 = 50
| tenfor2 = 13
| best bowling2 = 8/93
| catches/stumpings2= 144/–
| country = India
| international = true
| internationalspan = 1934–1952
| testdebutagainst = England
| testcap = 20
| testdebutdate = 5 January
| testdebutyear = 1934
| lasttestagainst = England
| lasttestdate = 12 January
| lasttestyear = 1952
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/31813.html ESPNcricinfo
| date = 24 May
| year = 2020
}}
'''Cottari Subbanna Nayudu''' ({{audio|C. S. Nayadu.ogg|pronunciation}}; 18 April 1914 – 22 November 2002) was an Indian [[cricket]]er who played in eleven [[Test cricket|Tests]] from 1934 to 1952. He was an [[All-rounder|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]].<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/31813.html |title=C. S. Nayudu|access-date=24 May 2020 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><ref name="OTD">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149597.html |title=The IPL is born |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=18 April 2018}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Cottari Subbanna Nayudu was born on 18 April 1914<ref name="Bio" /> in [[Nagpur]] to a [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-speaking [[Kapu (caste)|Kapu]] family.<ref name=":52">M. L. Kantha Rao (July 1999), [https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/25437/ ''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</ref><ref name=":32">{{Cite book |last1=A. Vijaya Kumari |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r-ffeWmj2JUC&q=kapu&pg=PA89 |title=Social Change Among Balijas: Majority Community of Andhra Pradesh |last2=Sepuri Bhaskar |date=1998 |publisher=M.D. Publications |isbn=978-81-7533-072-6 |pages=14 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Mukherji |first=Raju |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-fpQAQAAIAAJ&q=Telugu |title=Cricket in India: Origin and Heroes |date=2005 |publisher=UBS Publishers' Distributors |isbn=978-81-7476-508-6 |pages=13 |language=en}}</ref> His parents were Cottari Surya Prakash Rao Nayudu and Mahalaxmi.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nayudu |first=Chandra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0PeBAAAAMAAJ&q=narayanswamy |title=C.K. Nayudu, a Daughter Remembers |date=1995 |publisher=[[Rupa Publications|Rupa]] |isbn=978-81-7167-283-7 |pages=3 |language=en |author-link=Chandra Nayudu}}</ref> C. S. Nayudu's ancestors hailed from [[Machilipatnam]] town in [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nayudu |first=Chandra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0PeBAAAAMAAJ&q=Andhra |title=C.K. Nayudu, a Daughter Remembers |date=1995 |publisher=Rupa |isbn=978-81-7167-283-7 |pages=3 |language=en |author-link=Chandra Nayudu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Naidu |first=T. Appala |date=2018-06-29 |title=Row over C.K. Nayudu's statue |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/row-over-ck-nayudus-statue/article24286482.ece |access-date=2023-04-11 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> C. S. Nayudu's older brother [[C. K. Nayudu]] was the first captain of [[India national cricket team|Indian national cricket team]].<ref name="Bio" />

==Career==

C. S. Nayudu played his first [[first-class cricket|first-class]] match in 1932 when he was 17, and his last in 1961 when he was 46.<ref>{{cite web|title=First-Class Matches played by C.S. Nayudu|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/634/First-Class_Matches.html|website=CricketArchive|access-date=16 September 2017}}</ref> He played 56 [[Ranji Trophy]] matches, representing eight teams and captaining four of them.<ref name="WCA">''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]]'' 2003, pp. 1643–44.</ref> In the [[1942–43 Ranji Trophy]] tournament, he became the first bowler to take forty wickets in one season in India.<ref name="OTD"/> In the final of the [[1944–45 Ranji Trophy]], he bowled a record of 917 balls in one Ranji Trophy match.<ref name="OTD"/>

===International career===
Nayudu made his test debut in the test against [[England National Cricket Team|England]] at [[Eden Gardens|Calcutta]], [[English cricket team in India in 1933–34#2nd Test|5–8 Jan 1934]], and played his last test against England at [[Green Park Stadium|Kanpur]], [[English cricket team in India in 1951–52#4th Test|12–14 Jan 1952]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|C. S. Nayudu}}
*{{cricinfo|id=31813}}

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