--- title: "Naidu cup belongs to which game?" description: "Naidu cup belongs to which game?" author: "Lily Chitlangiya" published: 2021-11-21 updated: 2021-11-23 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94171/naidu-cup-belongs-to-which-game category: "sports" tags: ["sports"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Naidu cup belongs to which game? Naidu [cup belongs](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94184/canada-cup-belongs-to-which-sports) to which [game](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/44320/web-development-trends-that-are-changing-the-game)? ## Answers ### Answer by Harshal Vispute **[Cricket](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48317/who-hit-for-the-first-time-century-in-women-cricket) is related to the C.K. Naidu Cup.** It is named after **C.K. Naidu**, the f**irst Indian [cricket](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48317/who-hit-for-the-first-time-century-in-women-cricket) [captain](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/92844/who-is-current-indian-cricket-team-captain) to play in a Test match**. He continued to play **first-class [cricket](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48317/who-hit-for-the-first-time-century-in-women-cricket) until 1958**, and at the **age of 68**, he returned for the final time in **1963**. \ **Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu**, better known as **CK**, was the **first [captain of India's Test cricket team](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/92844/who-is-current-indian-cricket-team-captain)**. He continued to play **first-class [cricket](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/92844/who-is-current-indian-cricket-team-captain) until 1958**, and at the age of 68, he returned for the final time in 1963. In 1923, the monarch of **Holkar** called him to Indore and promoted him to **captain in his army**, with the title of **Colonel in Holkar's Army** bestowed upon him. \ In the **1926–27** season, **Arthur Gilligan** led the first **MCC tour to India**. At the **Bombay Gymkhana, Nayudu hit 153** runs in **116 minutes** for the **Hindus**, including **11 sixes**. One of the sixes, thrown by **Bob Wyatt**, landed on the **Gymkhana's roof**. In honour of those innings, the **MCC honoured him with a silver bat**. In 1941, he was the **first [Indian cricketer](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/92844/who-is-current-indian-cricket-team-captain)** to promote a product (**Bathgate Liver Tonic**). In **1956**, the Indian government bestowed the third-highest (then second highest) civilian honour, **Padma Bhushan**, to him. \ **Nayudu** was born in **Bara Bada Nagpur** on **October 31, 1895**, to **Cottari Surya Prakash Rao Nayudu**, the **son of Rao Bahadur Cottari Narayana Swamy Nayudu, a wealthy Kapu Naidu from Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh**, who was a lawyer and landowner with multiple villages and a large piece of **Nagpur**. --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94171/naidu-cup-belongs-to-which-game Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.