Meet the 15-year-old Mumbai guy who became the first batsman in cricket history to score 1,000 runs

The match was set. It was an under-16 inter-school event organized by the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) where the unthinkable happened.

Fifteen-year-old Pranav Dhanawade, a Kalyan resident and a student of KC Gandhi High School became the first batsman in cricket history to score 1,009 runs against Arya Gurukul School in a HT Bhandari Cup inter-school tournament.

His innings saw him hitting 127 fours and 59 sixes. He remained unbeaten after his team declared the innings on 1465 on day two of the two-day league match.

This came after Dhanawade had already broken a record on the end of day one. He had amassed a staggering 652 runs and that too in just 199 balls, smashing AEJ Collins’ long standing record of an unbeaten 628.

His innings broke the record which was in place since 1899 and consisted of 72 fours and 28 sixes, but the thought of making a record didn’t cross his mind until he crossed 400 runs.

Dhanawade’s father, Prashant is an autorickshaw driver by profession and as more and more people started christening him as the next Sachin Tendulkar, his father couldn’t control his happiness.

He stated that being a cricketer was an unfulfilled dream. “I want my son to become a great cricketer and he has proved today that he has talent. Cricket is neither an easy sport nor a cheap one. I thereby spend extra hours driving my rickshaw so that I am able to afford cricket gear for my son,”

Well, it’s only the start of Pranav making India proud with his cricketing talent, we hope!