Boy scores 1009 runs in six hours
An Indian schoolboy has become the first cricketer in history to score 1000 runs in a single innings. Pranav Dhanawade, 15, and the son of a rickshaw driver, scored the total in the Bhandari Cup, an under-16 interschool event organised by the Mumbai Cricket Association.Dhanawade, who was batting for KC Gandhi High School against Arya Gurukul School, plundered 59 sixes and 129 fours in an epic innings that lasted 395 minutes and 323 balls, meaning he scored at an incredible 3.1 runs per ball.Dhanawade's innings enabled his side to declare on the mindboggling 1465/3, also a world record, with Dhanawade unbeaten on 1009.Arya Gurukul School's woes were compounded by the fact that they had been bundled out for 31 earlier on Monday.The previous record had been held by AEJ Collins, an Englishman who struck 628 for Clark House against North Town House in 1899.Dhanawade's feat was hailed by Sachin Tendulkar, who tweeted: "Congrats #PranavDhanawade on being the first-ever to score 1000 runs in an innings." ..
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