ck nayudu was the first test captain of india.
who was the first test captain of india?
ck nayudu
the spin quartet was instrumental in producing many indian test victories. there was only one match in which all four of them were in the starting xi: usually one of the off spinners, prasanna or venkataraghavan, was left out. however, these four men made important contributions to some of india's greatest triumphs, including test series victories in the west indies and england, as well as test victories in australia and new zealand.





























in 2004, the board of control for cricket in india conferred on them the ck nayudu award, named after india's first test captain.





























section::::beginnings.
indian spin quartet
new zealand drew a series with australia 1-all and defeated papua new guinea 60-20. new zealand were coached by graham lowe and included; fred ah kuoi, dean bell, ian bell, mark broadhurst, first test captain mark graham, gary kemble, james leuluai, ron o'regan, gary prohm, joe ropati, gordon smith, dane and kurt sorensen, png test captain howie tamati, shane varley, second test captain graeme west, nick wright, robin alfeld, marty crequer, clayton friend, frank tinitelia, hugh mcgahan, dean orr and john ackland. in the match against papua new guinea, mcgahan scored a world test record six tries.
1983 new zealand rugby league season