Arjun Naidu

Arjun Naidu
Personal information
Full name Arjun Ramchander Naidu
Born (1924-07-03) 3 July 1924
Rajkot, India
Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Left-arm fast-medium
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 November 2016

Arjun Naidu (born 3 July 1924) is an Indian first-class cricketer who represented Rajasthan.[1] He made his first-class debut for Rajasthan (then Rajputana) in the 1945-46 Ranji Trophy on 2 February 1946.[2]

Early Years

Mr Arjun Naidu played for multiple teams over the two decades after WW-II, Starting at Holkar (Later Madhya Pradesh) but mostly for Rajputana (Later - Rajasthan) Mr. AR Naidu was a genuine left arm fast bowler, and an opening batsman (1952/1953 Ranji Finals) - he played couple of unofficial tests for India against MCC team before cricket commenced after the great war. He played most of his cricket under the legendary Col. C.K. Nayudu and later under the patronage of H.H. Maharana Bhagwat Singhji of Mewar ( Udaipur )

Coaching era

Mr. Naidu later became the director of cricket operations in the state of Mewar, under him the team did fairly well, eventually with the patronage of H.H. Maharana Bhagwat Singhji (who was from same school as Mr. Naidu) and later sports board of Rajasthan, and National Institute of Sports, in those times the Rajasthan team did very well in domestic cricket, reaching Ranji Trophy Finals 9 times in the 60's and 70's. Back in the day - many top players played for Rajputana team, the likes of Vinoo Manked, V.L. Manjerekar, S. P. Gupte Salim Durrani.

He was a stalwart of cricket in Rajasthan and under his coaching, many players emerged on the national scene from the state viz - Hanumant Singh, Kailash Gattani, Laxman Singh Boheda, Suryaveer Singh, Gajendra S Shaktawat, Suryaveer Singh Boheda, He was coaching at City Palace Cricket, Udaipur, till the very last year of his passing away .

career highlights- Ranji Trophy Finals

  1. http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1952-53/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/HOLKAR_BENG_RJI-FINAL_20-24MAR1953.html
  2. http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1951-52/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/BOM_HOLKAR_RJI-FINAL_01-05MAR1952.html

References

  1. ↑ "Arjun Naidu". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Rajputana v Northern India, Ranji Trophy 1945/46 (North Zone)". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2016-11-29. (Subscription required (help)).


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