C. S. Nayudu

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C. S. Nayudu
Nayudu brothers c1934.jpg
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 Tests First-class
Matches 11 174
Runs scored 147 5786
Batting average 9.18 23.90
100s/50s -/- 4/33
Top score 36 127
Balls bowled 522 30961
Wickets 2 647
Bowling average 179.50 26.54
5 wickets in innings 50
10 wickets in match 13
Best bowling 1/19 8/93
Catches/stumpings 3/- 144/-
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 24 May 2020

Cottari Subbanna Nayudu (About this soundpronunciation ; 18 April 1914 – 22 November 2002) was an Indian cricketer who played in eleven Tests from 1934 to 1952. He was the younger brother of the cricketer C. K. Nayudu.[1] [2]

Career[edit]

C. S. Nayudu played his first first-class match in 1932 when he was 17, and his last in 1961 when he was 46.[3] He played 56 Ranji Trophy matches, representing eight teams and captaining four of them.[4] 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[edit]

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[edit]

  1. "C. S. Nayudu". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "The IPL is born". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  3. "First-Class Matches played by C.S. Nayudu". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  4. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2003, pp. 1643–44.

External links[edit]

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