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{{Short description|Indian cricket commentator (1933–2021)}}

'''Chandra Nayudu''' (1933 – 4 April 2021) was an Indian [[cricketer]], [[cricket commentator]], teacher, and author. She was India's first female cricket commentator, as well as one of India's earliest woman cricketers.

== Life and family ==
Chandra Nayudu was born in 1933. Her father, [[C. K. Nayudu]], was a well-known cricketer and the captain of India's first test cricket team.<ref>{{Cite web|title=C.K.Nayudu profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/c-k-nayudu-31811|access-date=2021-12-06|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=TNN|date=5 April 2021|title=India’s first female cricket commentator Chandra Nayudu passes away|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/indias-first-female-cricket-commentator-chandra-nayudu-passes-away/articleshow/81906879.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-06|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405043055/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/indias-first-female-cricket-commentator-chandra-nayudu-passes-away/articleshow/81906879.cms |archive-date=2021-04-05 }}</ref>

== Career ==
Nayudu graduated with a degree in English, and taught English at a government college in [[Indore]], Madhya Pradesh.<ref name=":0" /> Nayudu competed briefly in domestic women's cricket, leading the first [[Uttar Pradesh]] women's cricket team, and played cricket for her college, before taking up cricket commentary in the 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web|last=PTI|title=CK Nayudu's Daughter, Commentator Chandra Nayadu Dies|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/sports-news-ck-nayudus-daughter-commentator-chandra-nayadu-dies/379270|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-06|website=[[Outlook India]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508044949/https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/sports-news-ck-nayudus-daughter-commentator-chandra-nayadu-dies/379270 |archive-date=2021-05-08 }}</ref> She was India's first female cricket commentator.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dani|first=Bipin|date=5 April 2021|title=India’s first woman commentator Chandra Nayudu no more|work=[[Mid-Day]]|url=https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/indias-first-woman-commentator-chandra-nayudu-no-more-23166951}}</ref> She began her career in commentary in a match between the Madras Cricket Club vs. Bombay in the 1976-77 season, and continued to comment for domestic and international matches in Hindi and English.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Dani|first=Bipin|date=2021-04-05|title=World's first ever woman commentator Chandra Nayudu no more|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/sports/cricket/050421/worlds-first-ever-woman-commentator-chandra-nayudu-no-more.html|access-date=2021-12-06|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref> She was also a commentator during the English team's tour of India in 1979-1980 for India's public broadcaster, [[All India Radio]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Girls aloud|url=https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1013165/girls-aloud|access-date=2021-12-06|website=Cricinfo|language=en}}</ref> and later recorded her experiences in cricket commentary for an interview with cricket historian [[David Rayvern Allen]], archived with [[Lord's|Lord]]'s.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Chandra Nayudu interviewed by David Rayvern Allen|url=https://apps.lords.org/lords/tours-and-museum/museum/searchthecollections/artefactdetails/Archive/110025727?page=6|access-date=2021-12-06|website=apps.lords.org}}</ref> According to Nayudu, she was the first female international cricket commentator, preceding an Australian woman commentator.<ref name=":2" /> In an interview with ''[[ESPNcricinfo|ESPN Cricinfo]],'' she stated that her interest in cricket commentary began as a way of honoring her father's achievements in cricket.<ref>{{Cite web|title=FACE-TO-FACE|url=https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/INTERACTIVE/FACE-TO-FACE/CNAYUDU.html|access-date=2021-12-06|website=static.espncricinfo.com}}</ref>

She was a life member of the [[Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association]], and undertook several efforts to promote women's cricket in the region, including establishing an inter-university tournament.<ref name=":0" /> According to her nephew, former cricketer Vijay Nayudu, she created several trophies in memory of her parents for cricket tournaments, including the presentation of a silver bat to the [[Cricket Club of India]], and a collegiate memorial trophy for her mother.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chandra Nayudu, regarded as India's first female cricket commentator, passes away|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/cricket/chandra-nayudu-regarded-as-indias-first-female-cricket-commentator-passes-away20210404211905/|access-date=2021-12-06|website=ANI News|language=en}}</ref> In 1995, she published a memoir of her father titled ''C.K. Nayudu: A Daughter Remembers''.<ref name=":1" />

== Publications ==
* Chandra K. Nayudu, ''C.K. Nayudu: A Daughter Remembers'' (New Delhi, Rupa Publications 1995), {{ISBN|9788171672837}}

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