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An Indian schoolboy has made headlines after becoming the first batsman to score 1,000 runs in an innings in an officially recorded match. Pranav Dhanawade: the first cricketer to navigate the nervous 990s Read more The 15-year-old Pranav Dhanawade, the son of a Mumbai rickshaw driver, finished his innings on 1,009 not out, with his side, KC Gandhi School, declaring on 1,465 for three. By lunch on day two of the match against Arya Gurukul School, in a tournament recognised by the Mumbai Cricket Association, the teenager was on 921 not out, and reached quadruple figures soon after play resumed. In total he hit 59 sixes and 129 fours, with a strike-rate of 312.38. Dhanawade’s 652 runs in 199 balls on Monday beat the previous record for the highest individual score – the 628 not out recorded by the 13-year-old AEJ Collins in a house match at Clifton College in June 1899. — Clifton College (@Clifton_College) January 5, 2016 The two scorecards together. #AEJCollins on the left, Dhanawade on the right. Congratulations from Clifton College! pic.twitter.com/O8Ca7kJkRH Dhanawade’s father Prashant rushed to the ground when he heard what was unfolding, telling DNA India afterwards: “He has got cramps. I don’t know what to say but I feel proud that my son has achieved this. Pranav is getting non-stop calls from the media and relatives. He has not even had time to talk to his mother. She is keenly waiting for him to return home.” — TOI Sports News (@TOISportsNews) January 5, 2016 True Story. #PranavDhanawade pic.twitter.com/tcX6aok12C He later told the Hindustan Times: “I was nervous throughout but was just happy to see my son batting. There’s a lot of talent in our area but we lack proper facilities for children to play and get trained. For this reason, when Pranav turned nine, I enrolled him for coaching at MIG in Bandra. I would drive my rickshaw in the morning and then we’d leave for MIG in the afternoon and return at night.” He said the target for his son now was a place in the Mumbai Under-16 team, adding: “Cricket equipment costs a lot of money. I have tried to find sponsors for my son but on one occasion I was told that he first needs to make a name for himself.” — sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) January 5, 2016 Congrats #PranavDhanawade on being the first ever to score 1000 runs in an innings. Well done and work hard. You need to scale new peaks! |