Fifteen-year-old Pranav Dhanawade on Tuesday made history when he became the first player in any form of cricket in the world to score 1,000 runs in an innings. His record-breaking innings was brought to an end at 1,009 not out when his team declared their innings at a world-record 1,465 for three in an inter-school match in Mumbai's HT Bhandari Cup.
The 15-year-old, playing for KC Gandhi Higher Secondary School, reached the gigantic score in just 323 balls at a strike rate of 312.38 in the game against Arya Gurukul, reported PTI. The innings, which lasted 395 minutes, included 129 fours and 59 sixes. The Class 10 student is the only child of an autorickshaw driver.
On Monday, Dhanawade broke a world record from 1899, scoring a massive unbeaten 652 off just 199 balls, breaking the world record for the highest individual score, beating Englishman AEJ Collins, who scored 628 back in 1899. He also broke the record for the highest individual score in any kind of cricket played in India, surpassing the 546 scored by Rizvi Springfield High School student Prithvi Shaw in Mumbai in 2014.
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