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But you can't have a list of great Indian cricketers without CK Nayudu.
C. K. Nayudu is today universally acknowledged as one of the greatest Indian cricketers that ever lived.
The pre-war batsman of stature most notable for hitting was an outsider. C. K. Nayudu was a straight hitter of withering force. A six out of Chepauk in December 1920 ended up near a coconut tree 50 yards beyond the ground. Six years later, 11 sixes in a two-hour 153 against MCC at Bombay Gymkhana advanced India's case for Test recognition. And one of Nayudu's 32 sixes on India's 1932 tour of England, at Edgbaston, was said to have cleared the county, crossing the River Rea, which then formed the boundary between Warwickshire and Worcestershire. Including Nayudu among the Five Cricketers of the Year, Wisden reported: "Possessed of supple and powerful wrists and a very good eye, he hit the ball tremendously hard but, unlike the modern Australian batsmen, he lifted it a fair amount." Most did not: Hobbs hit eight sixes in 61 Tests, Bradman six in 52, Walter Hammond 27 in 85. Nayudu was even an outlier among his countrymen: Vijay Merchant's best first-class score, an unbeaten 359, was unaided by a single six; B. B. Nimbalkar's record-breaking unbeaten 443 included just one.
In the popular imagination, Nayudu is remembered most of all as a legendary hitter of sixes. In Hyderabad, they will tell you of a six he hit out of the Secunderabad Gymkhana into the Plaza Cinema. In Madras, they still speak of a straight drive that sailed out of Chepauk, clearing the tall trees that then ringed the ground to land beyond the canal outside. Urban Indians of an older generation are wont to remember two things: where they were when Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, and their first sight of C.K. at bat.
Just as every district in India takes pride in a legendary visit of Rama and Sita, so every cricket ground has a story of a famous six hit out of its premises by C. K. Nayudu.
He was a wonderful striker of a cricket ball, famous across India for the massiveness of his hits.
The earliest personality the game threw up was C. K. Nayudu. There were heroes before Agamemnon, but he came to stand for Indian cricket as a whole. It was fortunate for Indian cricket that there was a C.K. Nayudu in the initial stages of its first-class development to make it popular among the masses. His was a commanding presence, and he utilised it to make the game popular among the people. It seems strange that the "patron saint" of Indian cricket should have been of a temper so very different from the generality of Indian batsmen. Nayudu always strove to establish his mastery over the bowling and, with his natural gifts, he often succeeded. Hence the innumerable sixes with which his memory will always be connected. It was this which made not only him but also the game popular.
CK Nayudu (last match: 1963-64): One of India's greatest cricketers and one of a handful to have played in six decades.
"It was February 1953 when Col CK Nayudu, the first captain of the Indian team, became the founder president of ACA," local cricketologist Prof Prasanna Kumar told TOI. "He was 58-years-old when he led Andhra in their first Ranji match against Mysuru and coming to bat in the middle, smote a huge six off pacer Kasturirangan," Prof Kumar reminisced."Col Nayudu and his brother CS Nayudu played in Guntur and taught the boys discipline, from how to don the flannels to doing their laces; they instilled the quintessence of cricket in Andhra boys," he added.
CK Nayudu was India's first homegrown cricketing hero. His first scoring shot in first-class cricket was a six.
Nayudu, in fact, had the title given to him by the King of Holkar. The king, a fan of his, invited him to stay in Indore and honoured him first with the rank of a Captain and later a Colonel in his state's army. Nayudu is also credited with being the first cricketer to endorse a consumer product — Bathgate Liver Tonic.
Nayudu's majestic personality and his dashing century against Arthur Gilligan's MCC side paved the way for India's baptism in international cricket. ..... But his hard-hitting for The Hindus at the Bombay Gymkhana impressed Gilligan, who carried the message to the authorities in England that India was ready to play Test cricket.
Nayudu was an exception among his compatriots when it came to six-hitting; there were only four sixes by Indian batsmen in Tests in large Australian grounds in 20 Tests from 1947 to 1990.
In Edgbaston in 1932, India's captain CK Nayudu hit a ball "into the next county", clearing the River Rea which runs by the ground. The landing point is not described, but 110 to 115 metres would be sufficient to clear the river.
CK Nayudu (last match: 1963-64): One of India's greatest cricketers and one of a handful to have played in six decades.
But you can't have a list of great Indian cricketers without CK Nayudu.
C. K. Nayudu is today universally acknowledged as one of the greatest Indian cricketers that ever lived.
The pre-war batsman of stature most notable for hitting was an outsider. C. K. Nayudu was a straight hitter of withering force. A six out of Chepauk in December 1920 ended up near a coconut tree 50 yards beyond the ground. Six years later, 11 sixes in a two-hour 153 against MCC at Bombay Gymkhana advanced India's case for Test recognition. And one of Nayudu's 32 sixes on India's 1932 tour of England, at Edgbaston, was said to have cleared the county, crossing the River Rea, which then formed the boundary between Warwickshire and Worcestershire. Including Nayudu among the Five Cricketers of the Year, Wisden reported: "Possessed of supple and powerful wrists and a very good eye, he hit the ball tremendously hard but, unlike the modern Australian batsmen, he lifted it a fair amount." Most did not: Hobbs hit eight sixes in 61 Tests, Bradman six in 52, Walter Hammond 27 in 85. Nayudu was even an outlier among his countrymen: Vijay Merchant's best first-class score, an unbeaten 359, was unaided by a single six; B. B. Nimbalkar's record-breaking unbeaten 443 included just one.
In the popular imagination, Nayudu is remembered most of all as a legendary hitter of sixes. In Hyderabad, they will tell you of a six he hit out of the Secunderabad Gymkhana into the Plaza Cinema. In Madras, they still speak of a straight drive that sailed out of Chepauk, clearing the tall trees that then ringed the ground to land beyond the canal outside. Urban Indians of an older generation are wont to remember two things: where they were when Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, and their first sight of C.K. at bat.
Just as every district in India takes pride in a legendary visit of Rama and Sita, so every cricket ground has a story of a famous six hit out of its premises by C. K. Nayudu.
He was a wonderful striker of a cricket ball, famous across India for the massiveness of his hits.
The earliest personality the game threw up was C. K. Nayudu. There were heroes before Agamemnon, but he came to stand for Indian cricket as a whole. It was fortunate for Indian cricket that there was a C.K. Nayudu in the initial stages of its first-class development to make it popular among the masses. His was a commanding presence, and he utilised it to make the game popular among the people. It seems strange that the "patron saint" of Indian cricket should have been of a temper so very different from the generality of Indian batsmen. Nayudu always strove to establish his mastery over the bowling and, with his natural gifts, he often succeeded. Hence the innumerable sixes with which his memory will always be connected. It was this which made not only him but also the game popular.
Nayudu was an exception among his compatriots when it came to six-hitting; there were only four sixes by Indian batsmen in Tests in large Australian grounds in 20 Tests from 1947 to 1990.
Nayudu's majestic personality and his dashing century against Arthur Gilligan's MCC side paved the way for India's baptism in international cricket. ..... But his hard-hitting for The Hindus at the Bombay Gymkhana impressed Gilligan, who carried the message to the authorities in England that India was ready to play Test cricket.
"It was February 1953 when Col CK Nayudu, the first captain of the Indian team, became the founder president of ACA," local cricketologist Prof Prasanna Kumar told TOI. "He was 58-years-old when he led Andhra in their first Ranji match against Mysuru and coming to bat in the middle, smote a huge six off pacer Kasturirangan," Prof Kumar reminisced."Col Nayudu and his brother CS Nayudu played in Guntur and taught the boys discipline, from how to don the flannels to doing their laces; they instilled the quintessence of cricket in Andhra boys," he added.
CK Nayudu was India's first homegrown cricketing hero. His first scoring shot in first-class cricket was a six.
In Edgbaston in 1932, India's captain CK Nayudu hit a ball "into the next county", clearing the River Rea which runs by the ground. The landing point is not described, but 110 to 115 metres would be sufficient to clear the river.
Nayudu, in fact, had the title given to him by the King of Holkar. The king, a fan of his, invited him to stay in Indore and honoured him first with the rank of a Captain and later a Colonel in his state's army. Nayudu is also credited with being the first cricketer to endorse a consumer product — Bathgate Liver Tonic.
"It was February 1953 when Col CK Nayudu, the first captain of the Indian team, became the founder president of ACA," local cricketologist Prof Prasanna Kumar told TOI. "He was 58-years-old when he led Andhra in their first Ranji match against Mysuru and coming to bat in the middle, smote a huge six off pacer Kasturirangan," Prof Kumar reminisced."Col Nayudu and his brother CS Nayudu played in Guntur and taught the boys discipline, from how to don the flannels to doing their laces; they instilled the quintessence of cricket in Andhra boys," he added.
