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About
Personal information
Full name
Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu
Born31 October 1895
Nagpur, Central Provinces, British India[1]
Died14 November 1967 (aged 72)
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[2]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm slow-medium
International information
National side
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India (1932–1936)
Test debut (cap 7)25 June 1932 v England
Last Test15 August 1936 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1916/17–1940/41Hindus
1926/27Madras
1931/32Hyderabad
1932/33–1938/39Central Provinces-Berar
1934/35–1937/38Central India
1941/42–1952/53Holkar
1953/54Andhra
1956/57Uttar Pradesh
Career statistics
CompetitionTestFirst-class
Matches7207
Runs scored35011,825
Batting average25.0035.94
100s/50s0/226/58
Top score81200
Balls bowled85825,798
Wickets9411
Bowling average42.8829.28
5 wickets in innings012
10 wickets in match02
Best bowling3/407/44
Catches/stumpings4/–170/1
COL C K NAYUDU
(31 October 1895 – 14 November 1967)
Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu was a former Indian cricketer. He started his cricket career at just 7 years old. He was the first Test captain of the Indian cricket team. C. K. Naidu's height was more than 6 feet. He was a right-handed player. Colonel Kottari Kankaiya Naidu is fondly loved by everyone. Used to call it He was the first Indian cricketer to be awarded the Padma Bhushan. He started his international cricket career on 25 June 1932 in a Test cricket match against the England cricket team.
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Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu Birth Info
Ck Nayudu Ja was born on 31 October 1895 in Nagpur, Maharashtra (India). His full name was Kottari Kanakaiah Nayudu. His father's name was Kothari Surya Prakash Rao Naidu.
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Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu Death Info
C K Nayudu died on 14 November 1967 at the age of 72 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
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Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu Career Life
Nayudu was inducted into the school team at the age of seven, and he entered the Bombay Triangular in 1916 in the first division. For Hindus against Europeans, he came to bat at No.9. Played 79 runs for number 7 with his team in 79. He blocked six of his different decades. He made his final appearance in the Ranji Trophy in 1956–57. Aged 62, he scored 52 runs in his last innings for Uttar Pradesh. Earlier in the season, he had scored 84 runs against Rajasthan, hitting two sixes. An innings of 84 runs set Nayudu as the oldest player to score his age or more in a first-class cricket match. His last outing was in a charity match in 1963–64, when he played for the Governor of Maharashtra against the Chief Minister of Maharashtra's XI. He played a total of 07 Test matches in his Test career scoring just 350 runs at an average of 25.00, scoring 2 fifties. He also took 09 wickets while bowling. Ck Naidu also holds the record for the most sixes (by a foreign player) in England in a single season. He hit 32 sixes in England in the year 1932. Ck Naidu was the first captain of the Indian cricket team's Test match. He started his international cricket career on 25 June 1932 in a Test cricket match against the England cricket team.
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Awards and Honors of Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu
Nayudu was voted "Cricketer of the Year" by Wisden in 1933. Ck Naidu was the first cricketer from India to be honored by the government by giving him "Padma Bhushan" (1956). Which is India's third major national award.
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