C. S. Nayudu

Cottari Subbanna Nayudu (pronunciation ; 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]

C. S. Nayudu
Left-right: C.K., C.S. and C.L. Nayudu
Personal information
Born18 April 1914
Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Died22 November 2002 (aged 88)
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeg-break googly
International information
National side
Test debut5 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

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.[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

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. "C. S. Nayudu". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  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.
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