Iconic batsman Sachin Tendulkar congratulated young teenage cricketer Pranav Dhanawade for smashing an unbeaten 1009 in an inter-school tournament in Mumbai.
"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 wrote on Twitter.
Playing for KC Gandhi Higher Secondary School, Dhanawade scripted history by reaching the gigantic score of 1009 in just 323 deliveries with a jaw-dropping strike rate of 312.38 in the Bhandari Cup inter-school tournament.
Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh also lavished praise. "Well played...No matter what level cricket it is but numbers are just unbelievable.Another @sachin_rt in makingIJ" Harbhajan tweeted.
Dhanawade smashed a whopping 129 fours and 59 sixes during his knock which ended when his school declared at 1465 at stumps on day two.
Dhanawade now holds the record for the highest individual score in any form, bettering AEJ Collins' 628* for Clark's House in 1899 in the UK.