Sanjay Sukhanand Hazare (born 18 February 1961) is an Indian former

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er who became an

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after retiring as a player.

Early life

He was born in

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, Gujarat in 1961. Several members of his family have been cricket players; his uncle

Vijay Hazare Vijay Samuel Hazare (11 March 1915 – 18 December 2004) was an Indian cricketer. He captained India in 14 matches between 1951 and 1953. In India's 25th Test match, nearly 20 years after India achieved Test status, he led India to its first ...

was an Indian cricket captain.

Playing career

Hazare played 48 First-class matches and six

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matches for

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between 1981 and 1998.

Umpiring career

He is currently a cricket

, who has umpired five

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s, one

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match and 16

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matches. He was dropped from the IPL 2014 following his not-out decision on Pieterson against Rajasthan Sanjay Hazare is the first International umpire from Vadodara, and second from Gujarat after Amish Saheba. He has served as a TV umpire in three

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, and has been a reserve umpire in one test match. He has also acted as a TV umpire in 12 ODIs and in one T20I; and as reserve umpire in one ODI.

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(ICC) made him a part of the

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, the then vice-president of the

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(BCCI), said, "Hazare has a good umpiring record and his name was discussed during the meet of umpires committee of BCCI. He was selected considering his talent and we are proud to have an international umpire with us now." About his selection, Hazare said,"It is due to the efforts of senior Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) officials that I made it to the panel," adding,"I have been conveyed about my selection by BCA authorities, but I am yet to receive official letter from BCCI." However the BCCI didn't recommended his name for the 2011 cricket season, citing his performance, which was evaluated by the match referees of the ICC.

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Early life

Playing career

Umpiring career

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