Pranav Dhanawade become the first cricketer to score 1000 runs in a singles while batting for Smt KC Gandhi School, Kalyan in the HT Bhandari Cup inter-school tournament organised by the Mumbai Cricket Association and his feat was noticed by Sachin Tendulkar himself.
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Little Master congratulated the Mumbai-lad for his achievement.
“Congrats #PranavDhanawade on being the first ever to score 1000 runs in an innings. Well done and work hard. You need to scale new peaks!” tweeted Tendulkar.
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Parnav scored 1009* runs off 323 balls and at a strike-rate of 312.38 with 129 fours and 59 fours. He played for a total of 395 minutes.
India’s limited overs captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni also lavished praise on Dhanawade.
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“It’s not easy to score so many runs. It’s something that is very rare,” Dhoni said.
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