Chandra Nayudu

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Chandra Nayudu (1933 – 4 April 2021) was an Indian cricketer, cricket commentator, teacher, and author. She was India's first female cricket commentator, as well as one of India's earliest woman cricketers.

Life and family[]

Chandra Nayudu was born in 1933. Her father, C. K. Nayudu, was a well-known cricketer and the captain of India's first test cricket team.[1][2]

Career[]

Nayudu graduated with a degree in English, and taught English at a government college in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.[2] Nayudu competed briefly in domestic women's cricket, leading the first Uttar Pradesh women's cricket team, and played cricket for her college, before taking up cricket commentary in the 1970s.[3] She was India's first female cricket commentator.[4] She began her career in commentary in a match between the Madras Cricket Club vs. Bombay in the 1976-77 season, and continued to comment for domestic and international matches in Hindi and English.[5] She was also a commentator during the English team's tour of India in 1979-1980 for India's public broadcaster, All India Radio,[6] and later recorded her experiences in cricket commentary for an interview with cricket historian David Rayvern Allen, archived with Lord's.[7] According to Nayudu, she was the first female international cricket commentator, preceding an Australian woman commentator.[7] In an interview with ESPN Cricinfo, she stated that her interest in cricket commentary began as a way of honoring her father's achievements in cricket.[8]

She was a life member of the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association, and undertook several efforts to promote women's cricket in the region, including establishing an inter-university tournament.[2] According to her nephew, former cricketer Vijay Nayudu, she created several trophies in memory of her parents for cricket tournaments, including the presentation of a silver bat to the Cricket Club of India, and a collegiate memorial trophy for her mother.[9] In 1995, she published a memoir of her father titled C.K. Nayudu: A Daughter Remembers.[5]

Publications[]

  • Chandra K. Nayudu, C.K. Nayudu: A Daughter Remembers (New Delhi, Rupa Publications 1995), ISBN 9788171672837

References[]

  1. ^ "C.K.Nayudu profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  2. ^ a b c TNN (5 April 2021). "India's first female cricket commentator Chandra Nayudu passes away". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2021-04-05. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  3. ^ PTI. "CK Nayudu's Daughter, Commentator Chandra Nayadu Dies". Outlook India. Archived from the original on 2021-05-08. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  4. ^ Dani, Bipin (5 April 2021). "India's first woman commentator Chandra Nayudu no more". Mid-Day.
  5. ^ a b Dani, Bipin (2021-04-05). "World's first ever woman commentator Chandra Nayudu no more". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  6. ^ "Girls aloud". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  7. ^ a b "Chandra Nayudu interviewed by David Rayvern Allen". apps.lords.org. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  8. ^ "FACE-TO-FACE". static.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  9. ^ "Chandra Nayudu, regarded as India's first female cricket commentator, passes away". ANI News. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
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