Full Name: Vijay Samuel Hazare
Born: 11 March, 1915, Sangli, Maharashtra
Died: 18 December 2004, Baroda
Teams: Maharashtra (1934/35-1941/42); Central India (1935/36-1938/39); Central Provinces and Berar (1938/39); Rest (1938/39-1944/45); Baroda (1941/42-1960/61); Western India (1941/42-1949/50); Holkar (1957/58); India (1946-1952/53)
Type: Right hand batsman and right arm medium bowler
First Class Debut: for Maharashtra v Bombay, Pune, 1934-35
Test Debut: v England, Lord's, 1946
Batting performance in Test cricket against each opponent:
| Opponent | M | I | NO | Runs | Hs | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct |
| Australia | 5 | 10 | 1 | 429 | 145 | 47.67 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| England | 12 | 19 | 2 | 803 | 164* | 47.24 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 3 | 1 | 223 | 146* | 111.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| West Indies | 10 | 20 | 2 | 737 | 134* | 40.94 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
Test Career Batting and Fielding (1946-1952/53):
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct |
| 30 | 52 | 6 | 2192 | 164* | 47.65 | 7 | 9 | 11 |
Test Career Bowling (1946-1952/53):
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SR | RpO |
| 2840 | 99 | 1220 | 20 | 4-29 | 61.00 | 0 | 0 | 142.00 | 2.57 |
First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1934/35-1966/67):
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | |
| Overall | 238 | 367 | 46 | 18740 | 316* | 58.38 | 60 | 73 | 166 |
First-Class Career Bowling (1934/35-1966/67):
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5WI | 10WM | SR | RpO | |
| Overall | 38628 | 1722 | 14645 | 595 | 8-90 | 24.61 | 27 | 3 | 65.91 | 2.26 |
Highlights of Hazare's career:
- First Indian to score a century in each innings of a Test -- 116 and 145 against Australia at Adelaide in 1947-48
- First player in Test cricket history to score two centuries in first two innings as captain
- First Indian to complete 1,000 and 2,000 runs in Test cricket
- First Indian to score three centuries in consecutive innings
- First Indian captain to win a Test for India -- v England at Madras in 1951-52 (India's 25th Test)
- First Indian to contribute more than 50% in a Test innings -- 52.35% (145 out of 277 v Australia, Adelaide,1947-48)
- Scored at least a century against all four Test opponents
- His record in domestic Indian cricket was phenomenal, with two triple centuries -- the second an amazing 309 not out of a total of 387 for The Rest v The Hindus at Bombay in 1943-44 with the second highest score being only 22
- His partnership of 577 runs with Gul Mahomed for Baroda v Holkar at Baroda in 1946-47 is still the highest for any wicket in first-class cricket
- Dismissed Don Bradman thrice in his career
- Hazare's career aggregate of 18,740 runs in first-class cricket is the second highest by an Indian and is exceeded only by Sunil Gavaskar.
- Hazare's 60 centuries are the second most scored by an Indian in all first class cricket. Only Sunil Gavaskar has scored more.
- Performed the all round feat of 6,000 runs and 200 wickets in Ranji Trophy (6,312 runs and 291 wickets)
Photograph: Jewella Miranda
