Mumbai cricketer scores 652* to break 117-year-old school record
Pranav Dhanawade, a 15-year-old opening batsman of KC Gandhi High School, Kalyan, Mumbai broke a century-old cricketing record after scoring an unbeaten 652 off 199 balls with 78 fours and 30 sixes in an inter-school cricket tournament organised by the Mumbai Cricket Association on Monday January 04,2016
Pranav Dhanawade was still not out, his team reach 956 runs for the loss of just one wicket and number three batsman Siddhesh Patil was unbeaten on 100.
The class 10th student’s father, Prashant Dhanawade, is an auto-rickshaw driver and was present at the ground when his son smashed the record books with his unbelievable innings
Pranav Dhanawade, who scored an unbeaten 652, going back home with father Prashant, in his auto rickshaw on Monday Jan 04,2016
Mumbai's Pranav Dhanawade scores 1,009* in 323 balls
Mumbai teenager Pranav Dhanawade Tuesday Jan 05,2016 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
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 1,465, which is also a
world record. His school went past Victoria’s 1,107 against New South
Wales made way back in 1926.
Pranav now holds the record for the highest individual score in any form
of cricket, bettering AEJ Collins’ 628 not out for Clark’s House
against North Town in 1899 in the UK.
Pranav Dhanawade was unbeaten at 652 at stumps yesterday.
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