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Born | 18 April 1914 Nagpur, Maharashtra, British India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 22 November 2002 (aged 88) Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Leg-break googly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 20) | 5 January 1934 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 12 January 1952 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 May 2020 |
Cottari Subbanna Nayudu (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]
; 18 April 1914 – 22 November 2002) was an IndianCottari 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]
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]
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