15 year old school boy, PRANAV DHANAWADE becomes only cricketer in the world to score 1000+ runs in a single innings
Pranav Dhanawade, a 15-year-old student of KC Gandhi High School, Kalyan in Maharashtra has just got his name written in history books as has hit 1000 in an innings. Playing against Arya Gurukul School in an Bhandari Cup match, his side declared their innings at 1465 after Dhanawade hit 1009 not out from 323 balls. A never heard of 129 fours and 59 sixes ensured a rollicking strike rate of 312 runs per 100 balls.
Runs - 1009*
Balls - 323
Mins - 395
S/R - 312.38
Sixes - 59
Fours - 129
Pranav's epic knock which broke the record for highest individual score in minor cricket set by AEJ Collins, who 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.
Talking to the class 10 student, it was evident that the enormity of his accomplishment was yet to fully sink in. "I'm very happy," Pranav shyly told TOI not too long after he had rewritten history at the Union Cricket Club ground. Insisting that the opposition bowling was 'good', he said thoughts of the record never entered his mind until he breached the 400 mark. "That's when I thought it was possible," he revealed.
A Proud Father, Who's An Autorickshaw Driver:
What particularly delighted the teenager was the fact that his feat arrived in the presence of his father Prashant, an auto rickshaw driver. "I actually got to watch him only after he had crossed 300," Prashant said on Monday. "A father of one of his friends called me and asked, 'you are not at the ground?'. So I immediately rushed to the venue. It's obviously a very proud day. It's a reward for 11 years of his hard work," he added.
Fondly recalling memories of how he would juggle his modest job with accompanying a younger Pranav to his cricket coaching sessions four times a week, Prashant elaborated on the struggle that the Kalyan-based family had to wage. "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.
Runs - 1009*
Balls - 323
Mins - 395
S/R - 312.38
Sixes - 59
Fours - 129
Talking to the class 10 student, it was evident that the enormity of his accomplishment was yet to fully sink in. "I'm very happy," Pranav shyly told TOI not too long after he had rewritten history at the Union Cricket Club ground. Insisting that the opposition bowling was 'good', he said thoughts of the record never entered his mind until he breached the 400 mark. "That's when I thought it was possible," he revealed.
A Proud Father, Who's An Autorickshaw Driver:
What particularly delighted the teenager was the fact that his feat arrived in the presence of his father Prashant, an auto rickshaw driver. "I actually got to watch him only after he had crossed 300," Prashant said on Monday. "A father of one of his friends called me and asked, 'you are not at the ground?'. So I immediately rushed to the venue. It's obviously a very proud day. It's a reward for 11 years of his hard work," he added.
Fondly recalling memories of how he would juggle his modest job with accompanying a younger Pranav to his cricket coaching sessions four times a week, Prashant elaborated on the struggle that the Kalyan-based family had to wage. "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.
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