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Cottari Subbanna Nayudu (pronunciation (help·info); 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
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
International information
National side	India (1934–1952)
Test debut (cap 20)	5 January 1934 v England
Last Test	12 January 1952 v England
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 11 174 Runs scored 147 5,786 Batting average 9.18 23.90 100s/50s 0/0 4/33 Top score 36 127 Balls bowled 522 30,961 Wickets 2 647 Bowling average 179.50 26.54 5 wickets in innings 0 50 10 wickets in match 0 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

External links

• Media related to C. S. Nayudu at Wikimedia Commons
• C. S. Nayudu at ESPNcricinfo

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