MUMBAI:15-year-old Pranav Dhanawade’s epic knock of 1009 runs in an inter-school tourney smashes all records

Mumbai teenager Pranav Dhanawade on Tuesday scripted history by

becoming the first batsman ever to notch up a four-figure score by smashing an unbeaten knock of 1009 in an inter-school tournament here. The 15-year-old, playing for KC Gandhi Higher Secondary School, reached the gigantic score in just 323 deliveries with a jaw-dropping strike rate of 312.38 in the game against Arya Gurukul in the Bhandari Cup inter-school tournament organised by the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA). In the course of his awe-inspiring innings, which lasted 395 minutes, Dhanawade smashed a whopping 129 fours and 59 sixes. The epic knock ended when his school declared at 1465, which is also a world record. –PTI