Pranav Dhanawade, a 15-year-old Mumbai youth, has broken a century-old cricketing record on Monday and became the first batsman to score 1,000-plus runs in an innings in any form of cricket. Batting against Arya Gurukul School in a Bhandari Cup match, Pranav reached 1,000 runs in just 323 balls on Tuesday. The tournament is an under-16 inter-school event organised by the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) mainly for the benefit of suburban schools.
Pranav's epic knock, which lasted 395 minutes, included a staggering 59 sixes and 129 fours. His team soon declared the innings at 1,465/3, which is also a world record, with Pranav remaining at unbeaten 1,009, while the opposition side were bundled out for 31 on Monday. His school went past Victoria's 1,107 against New South Wales made way back in 1926.
The 15-year-old student of KC Gandhi High School, Kalyan has broken a 116-old cricketing record after amassing unbeaten 652 on Monday thus taking over the mantle of 'highest individual score' (including minor cricket) from AEJ Collins. Collins had held the record since 1899 when he struck an unbeaten 628 for Clark House against North Town House in UK.
In the course of his multiple record-breaking feat, Pranav also surpassed Prithvi Shaw's marathon 546 scored two years ago in a Harris Shield tie, an innings that had previously been the highest individual score in any form of cricket in India. Maharashtra government has offered to look after the education and coaching expenses of the schoolboy.
