Profile details
- Born
- 31 Oct 1895
- Birthplace
- Nagpur
- State listed
- Maharashtra
- Country
- India
- Sport
- Cricket
- Discipline
- Team
- Category
- Men
- Status
- Active
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Honours & Awards
- ▸Padma Bhushan
- ▸Wisden Cricketer of the Year
Statistics
About
Colonel Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu (31 October 1895 – 14 November 1967) was an Indian cricketer and cricket administrator who served as the first captain of the Indian national cricket team. He is widely regarded as one of India's greatest cricketers. Nayudu's first-class cricket career spanned 47 years, from 1916 to 1963, a world record.
Biography adapted from C. K. Nayudu on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Snapshot taken — where the text describes a role or a club in the present tense, read it as of that date.
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