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05th Jan 2016

This Indian teenager smashed 1,000 runs off 323 balls in a single innings

Tom Victor

What’s more impressive than scoring 1,000 runs in a cricket match? Doing it when you’re just 15 years old.

Indian schoolboy Pranav Dhanawade broke a record that had stood since 1899 when he hit the incredible score while batting for his school team in the inter-school Bhandari Cup tournament.

The record had stood at 628, set by a British player at the tail end of the 19th century.

But the teenager carried on long beyond that mark, right up until his team declared on 1465/3.

Dhanawade’s epic innings included 59 sixes and 129 fours, and earned him congratulations from none other than Sachin Tendulkar.