C.K. Nayudu
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| Born | 31 October 1895, Nagpur [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 November 1967 (aged 72), Indore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-hand bat (RHB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm slow medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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భారతదేశ మొట్టమొదటి సిక్స్ కొట్టిన క్రికెటర్ కటరి కనకయ్య నాయుడు
India made its debut at Lord's under Col. C K Nayudu. In its first Test tour of England with the Maharaja of Porbandar as captain and Ghanshyamsinhji of Limbdi as vice-captain. Two weeks before the trip, Porbandar dropped out on reasons of health and Limbdi took over. But Limbdi suffered a back injury that ruled him out of the Test and just before the start of India's inaugural Test, Nayudu was appointed captain of the Indian team.
Nayudu took part in all 26 of the first-class matches on the tour, scoring 1,618 runs at an average of 40.45 in the first-class matches and 1,842 overall, and taking 65 wickets. Wisden chose him as a Cricketer of the Year the next year. Nayudu hit 32 sixes, which was the most by anyone in the season. CK's best stint was playing at Edgbaston, where he hit a ball into the River Rhea, and thus, technically, into the next county.
Tall and debonair, often with a kerchief knotted jauntily round his neck, CK was popularly known for his sartorial style on field. CK's close companion, Syed Mushtaq Ali, also known for his fearless and dashing cricket, played with CK in several matches together. Mushtaq Ali fondly called CK 'a tiger on the field'.
In the 1933-34 season, Douglas Jardine visited India with a formidable, though not full strength, MCC team. For the Punjab Governor's XI, Nayudu scored a hundred. He was retained as the captain of the Test series. The first ever Test in India, held at the Bombay Gymkhana between 15 and 18 December, was watched by over 100,000 spectators. India lost the series by two Tests to nil.
Early career
Nayudu was born in Nagpur in a Kapu Naidu family and played almost all his cricket for Central India. He was drafted in the school team at the age of seven, and showed promise for a bright future. He made his first class debut in 1916 in the Bombay Triangular. For the Hindus against the Europeans, he came in to bat at No.9 with his team tottering at 79 for 7. He blocked his fin six different decades. He made his last appearance in the Ranji Trophy in 1956-57, aged 62, scoring 52 in his last innings for Uttar
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