scored 266 (88.6% of the partnership) of the 300 runs while Vivek contributed 21. Hazare scored 79.84% of his team's score, then a world record, and it is the second highest individual score in a losing cause. The Rest's total is the smallest completed innings to contain a triple century. First Indian to score a century in each innings of a Test match (116 and 145 on successive days against Australia in Adelaide in 1947–48, which was the same team that became known as The Invincibles) Against England at Kanpur in 1951–52, Hazare also became the first Indian batsman to score a pair (a duck in both innings) First Indian player to score a century in three successive Test matches First Indian player to make fifty centuries in his first class career Highest partnership for any wicket in first-class cricket (577 runs with Gul Mahomed for Baroda against Holkar in the final of the Ranji Trophy at Baroda in 1947. This record stood for many years, and was only broken in 2006 by Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene who put on 624 for Sri Lanka against South Africa. First Indian player to complete 1000 Test Runs In retirement, 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. He and Jasu Patel were the first cricketers to be honoured with the Padma Shri. Domestic cricket Hazare was the leading run scorer of 1939-40 Ranji Trophy season. His team Maharashtra won its first title in that season, they defeated United Province cricket team in the final at Poona (Now Pune). In 1940-41 Ranji trophy he made 100 in the final and took 2 wickets. Maharashtra won the that season by defeating Madras cricket team in the final. Since that season Maharashtra not able to won Ranji trophy again. Legacy Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) named its primer one-day domestic cricket championship after Hazare as, Vijay Hazare Trophy. References External links Obituary, The Times, 20 December 2004, page 44 Cricinfo Player Profile : Vijay Samuel Hazare rediff.com Factfile – Vijay Hazare Vijay Hazare photos and articles Former Indian captain Hazare dies (BBC, 18 December 2004) Obituary (The Hindu, 19 December 2004) Obituary (The Times, 20 December 2004)