<p>Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar took to Twitter on Tuesday morning to congratulate local school cricketer Pranav Dhanawade for his record-breaking innings of 1,009 not out in an H.T. Bhandari Cup Under-16 inter-school cricket tournament clash.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"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!," Tendulkar posted on his Twitter handle.<br /><br />The tournament is being organised by the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) for the benefit of suburban schools.<br /><br />Pranav's epic 323-ball knock consisted of a staggering 59 sixes and 129 fours. His team, K.C. Gandhi High School, declared their innings at 1,465 for 6 with Pranav remaining unbeaten at 1,009.<br /><br />He batted for 395 minutes and had a strike rate of 312.38. The youngster broke a 116-year-old record after surpassing 652 on Monday, thus taking over the reins of the highest individual score (including minor cricket) from A.E.J. Collins of England.</p>
<p>Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar took to Twitter on Tuesday morning to congratulate local school cricketer Pranav Dhanawade for his record-breaking innings of 1,009 not out in an H.T. Bhandari Cup Under-16 inter-school cricket tournament clash.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"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!," Tendulkar posted on his Twitter handle.<br /><br />The tournament is being organised by the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) for the benefit of suburban schools.<br /><br />Pranav's epic 323-ball knock consisted of a staggering 59 sixes and 129 fours. His team, K.C. Gandhi High School, declared their innings at 1,465 for 6 with Pranav remaining unbeaten at 1,009.<br /><br />He batted for 395 minutes and had a strike rate of 312.38. The youngster broke a 116-year-old record after surpassing 652 on Monday, thus taking over the reins of the highest individual score (including minor cricket) from A.E.J. Collins of England.</p>