Fifteen-year old Pranav Dhanawade has become the first player in any form of cricket to score 1000 runs. He is currently batting on 1002 not out in an inter-school match in the HT Bhandari Cup in Mumbai. His team's total has crossed 1400. The match is still in progress.
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.
Dhanawade is playing for Smt. KC Gandhi School in Kalyan.
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