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INDIA'S 28th TEST PLAYER TO RECEIVE A TEST CAP.

CHEST NO 28

VIJAY HAZARE

SOME FACTS ABOUT HIM

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His full name was Vijay Samuel Hazare. He was a right-handed batsman and medium pace bowler. He led the team in 14 matches during this period.
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He is well known for getting the Indian team its first victory in a Test match. He will be always remembered for his performance vs Australia in 1947-48 when he scored a century in each innings of the Adelaide Test.

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He made his Test debut against England at the Home of Cricket, Lord’s, in 1946. He scored 65 runs and took 2 wickets in the match. England won this match by 10 wickets.

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Hazare played 30 Test matches and scored 2192 runs including 7 centuries and 9 half-centuries with an average of 46.65 runs and a highest score of 164.
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Achievments
First Indian batsman to score a triple century in first-class cricket .
First Indian to score two triple centuries in Fc.
First Indian to score a century in each innings of a Test match.
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· First Indian player to score a century in three successive Test matches.
· First Indian to make 50 centuries in his first class career
· Highest partnership for any wicket in first-class cricket (577 runs with gul mohammed)
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Hazare also became the first Indian batsman to score a pair (a duck in both innings).
.First Indian player to complete 1000 Test Runs.
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He was for a short while an Indian Test cricket selector. He has been honoured with a trophy in his name, the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a zonal-cricket tournament in India. He died in December 2004 following prolonged illness caused by intestinal cancer.
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