Full Name

Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu

Born

October 31, 1895, Nagpur, Maharashtra

Died

November 14, 1967, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, (aged 72y 14d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

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Colonel Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu, who died at Indore on November 14, aged 72, captained India in their first Test match with England. That was at Lord's in 1932 when, despite a painful hand injury received when fielding, Nayudu made top score, 40, in the first innings. With six centuries, the highest of which was 162 from the Warwickshire bowling, he headed the batting averages for all matches with 37.59 and took 79 wickets. He also played in three Tests against England in 1933-34 and three in the tour of 1936, when he again exceeded 1,000 runs and dismissed 51 batsmen in first-class fixtures. As a small boy he played for the Hislop Collegiate High School, Nagpur, whom he captained, and while still at school appeared for Modi, of which club he also became captain. In 1926-27 at Bombay, he gained prominence by hitting 153 (including eleven 6's and thirteen 4's) out of 187 in just over a hundred minutes for Hindus against A. E. R. Gilligan's M.C.C. team. Though never on the winning side in a Test match, he helped Vizianagram to inflict by 14 runs the only defeat of the tour upon D. R. Jardine's powerful M.C.C. side in 1933-34, taking four wickets for 21 runs in the second innings. Tall and well proportioned, Nayudu was specially strong in driving, bowled accurately at slow-medium pace and was a fine fielder. He also shone at hockey and association football.
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C.K.Nayudu Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50s6sCtSt
Tests71403508125.0002140
FC207344151182520035.942658-1701

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests71085838693/403/4042.882.6995.3000
FC207-25798120384117/44-29.282.7962.7-122
Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu

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Test

Debut/Last Matches of C.K.Nayudu

FC Matches

Span
1916/17 - 1963/64

Recent Matches of C.K.Nayudu

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
vs 10* & 10/702-Nov-1963NagpurFC
UP vs Bombay22 & 523/9102-Mar-1957VaranasiFC
Holkar vs Bombay662/7201-Mar-1952BrabourneFC
C'wealth XI vs 190/2921-Jan-1950NagpurFC
Holkar vs C'wealth XI0 & 391/34 & 1/2221-Oct-1949IndoreFC

Photos of C.K.Nayudu

Rohit Sharma and Steven Smith unveil the statue of CK Nayudu
CK Nayudu, Portrait
CK Nayudu in 1936
CK Nayudu and Lala Amarnath walk out to bat in India's first home Test
The 1932 All-India side prepare to board their train at the end of the tour
Pen portraits of the 1932 India tourists