Template:Infobox cricketer Cottari Subbanna Nayudu (Template:Audio; 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
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
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
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 C. S. Nayudu. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The IPL is born. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Social Change Among Balijas: Majority Community of Andhra Pradesh{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. M.D. Publications(1998). ISBN 978-81-7533-072-6
- ↑ Cricket in India: Origin and Heroes{{#if:Mukherji|, Mukherji}. UBS Publishers' Distributors(2005). ISBN 978-81-7476-508-6
- ↑ C.K. Nayudu, a Daughter Remembers{{#if:Nayudu|, Nayudu}. Rupa(1995). ISBN 978-81-7167-283-7
- ↑ C.K. Nayudu, a Daughter Remembers{{#if:Nayudu|, Nayudu}. Rupa(1995). ISBN 978-81-7167-283-7
- ↑ Row over C.K. Nayudu's statue. The Hindu(2018-06-29). Retrieved 2023-04-11.
- ↑ First-Class Matches played by C.S. Nayudu. CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ↑ Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2003, pp. 1643–44.