| C. S. Nayudu | |
| Birth Date: | 18 April 1914 |
| Birth Place: | Nagpur, Maharashtra, British India |
| Death Date: | 22 November 2002 (aged 88) |
| Death Place: | Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Leg-break googly |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | Test |
| Matches1: | 11 |
| Runs1: | 147 |
| Bat Avg1: | 9.18 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 36 |
| Deliveries1: | 522 |
| Wickets1: | 2 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 179.50 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/19 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 3/– |
| Column2: | First-class |
| Matches2: | 174 |
| Runs2: | 5,786 |
| Bat Avg2: | 23.90 |
| 100S/50S2: | 4/33 |
| Top Score2: | 127 |
| Deliveries2: | 30,961 |
| Wickets2: | 647 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 26.54 |
| Fivefor2: | 50 |
| Tenfor2: | 13 |
| Best Bowling2: | 8/93 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 144/– |
| Country: | India |
| International: | true |
| Internationalspan: | 1934–1952 |
| Testdebutagainst: | England |
| Testcap: | 20 |
| Testdebutdate: | 5 January |
| Testdebutyear: | 1934 |
| Lasttestagainst: | England |
| Lasttestdate: | 12 January |
| Lasttestyear: | 1952 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/31813.html ESPNcricinfo |
| Date: | 24 May |
| Year: | 2020 |
Cottari Subbanna Nayudu (; 18 April 1914 – 22 November 2002) was an Indian 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]
Cottari Subbanna Nayudu was born on 18 April 1914 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.
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