Surendra Vithal Nayak, popularly called Suru Nayak, was a left-hand batsman, and right-arm medium pace and leg break bowler. Suru Nayak, was born on 20th October, 1954, in Mumbai, of Maharashtra state in India.
Suru Nayak, took part in 2 Tests matches. He made his Test debut in the 2nd Test against England, at Old Trafford, in Manchester, in 1982. He made a total of 19 runs scoring a highest of 11 runs. His batting average in these matches is 9.50. With ball in hand he has taken 1 wicket giving out 132 runs off 231 balls. His economy rate in these matches is 3.42 and his balling average is 132.00.
Suru Nayak first ODI appearance was against England at Gandhi Stadium, in Jalandhar in 1981-82. He has played in total 4 ODI matches scoring a total of 3 runs. With ball in hand he has taken 1 wicket giving out 132 runs off 231 balls. His last ODI was ag ainst England, held at Kennington Oval, in London, during 1982.
In First class cricket Suru Nayak has scored a total of 1799 runs in 68 matches. His highest score in these matches is 100 runs. His batting average in these matches is 28.10. While balling he has taken 133 wickets giving away 4718 runs off 9832 balls. His balling average in these matches is 35.47 and his economy rate is 2.87.
Suru Nayak has also played for the List A matches scoring 90 runs with the highest run being 21. With ball in hand he has taken 17 wickets giving out 733 runs off 1032 balls. His economy rate in these matches is 4.26. He played his last List A match in 1985.
Batting and Fielding Averages
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
| Tests | 2 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 9.50 | 49 | 38.77 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ODIs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 19 | 15.78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| First-class | 68 | 85 | 21 | 1799 | 100* | 28.10 | 2 | 8 | 38 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 19 | 12 | 5 | 90 | 21 | 12.85 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Bowling Averages
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
| Tests | 2 | 3 | 231 | 132 | 1 | 1/16 | 1/82 | 132.00 | 3.42 | 231.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 4 | 4 | 222 | 161 | 1 | 1/51 | 1/51 | 161.00 | 4.35 | 222.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 68 | 9832 | 4718 | 133 | 6/65 | 35.47 | 2.87 | 73.9 | 4 | 1 | |||
| List A | 19 | 1032 | 733 | 17 | 3/25 | 3/25 | 43.11 | 4.26 | 60.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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