Cotah Ramaswami pronunciation - sometimes written as Cota or Cotar - was a double sports international who represented India in both cricket and tennis.
Background
He was the youngest son of Buchi Babu Naidu, often considered the father of Madras cricket. When the only brother of his mother died young, Ramaswami was given in adoption to his maternal grandfather, which led to his family name being different from that of his brothers.
Education
He studied in Wesley High School, Wesley College and the Presidency. He joined University in 1919 where he studied until 1923.
Career
Ramaswami came from one of the leading sports families in India. India defeated Romania in the first round at Bristol but lost to Spain in Beckenham. The Spanish pair of Comte de Gomar and Flaquer, whom they beat in five sets, went on to play the doubles finals at Wimbledon in 1923.
In 1922, Ramaswami took part in Wimbledon, reaching the second round.
Ramaswami is one of the two Indian cricketing double internationals, the other being M. J. Gopalan. Ramaswami returned to Madras in January 1924 and joined the Agricultural Department as an Officer.
He served in different parts of the Madras Presidency in the next 24 years. His two appearances in Test matches came in England in 1936 when he was already 40.
He wrote later in his autobiography that he was picked for non-cricketing reasons.
Though well past his prime at the time, he scored 40 and 60 on debut and ended his career with an average of 56. He was a left-handed batsman and an attacking player. After the end of his career, he served as a selector, and manager to the Indian team to West Indies in 1952-1953.
His Ramblings of a Games Addict is one of the earliest autobiographies in Indian cricket.
Ramaswami married Lakshmi Chaya Devi in 1928. Ram Swarup represented Madras and Andhra in first class cricket.
Ramaswami left his home in Adyar on the morning of 15 October 1985 and never returned. There have been occasional rumours about him being sighted.
Wisden listed him as "presumed dead" from 1988 to 1991.
When doubts were raised about his fate, this was removed in 1992 but brought back in 1996. In the more recent editions, he has the status "daughter unknown".