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