Sanjay Hazare

Sanjay Sukhanand Hazare (born 18 February 1961) is an Indian former cricketer and umpire.

Early life He was born in Vadodara, Gujarat in 1961. Several members of his family have been cricket players; his uncle Vijay Hazare was an Indian cricket captain.

Playing career Hazare played 48 First-class matches and six List A matches for Baroda between 1981 and 1998.

Umpiring career He is currently a cricket umpire,

He was dropped from the IPL 2014 following his not-out decision of Kevin Pieterson when, as the square-leg umpire, Hazare chose not to use the technology at his disposal in making the decision.

Hazare is the first International umpire from Vadodara, and second from Gujarat, after Amish Saheba. 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.

International Cricket Council (ICC) made him a part of the International Panel of ICC Umpires on 2 August 2009.