Pranav Dhanawade's 1009 from 323 balls sets Twitter ablaze

Mumbai teenager Pranav Dhanawade smashed a humongous 1009 runs off 323 deliveries to write himself into cricketing history, becoming the first batsman ever to notch up a four-figure score. 

Dhanawade’s unprecedented innings set Twitter abuzz, with adulation pouring in from all corners. 

Wisden India celebrated Dhanawade’s feat and tweeted that he had become the highest scoring individual with his 652 not out on the first day that he took the crease. 

Pranav Dhanawade smashes records with 652 not out - the highest individual score in representative cricket. Details: https://t.co/3Tl4ZaqnxX

— Wisden India (@WisdenIndia) January 4, 2016

 

Cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar also congratulated Dhanawade. Tendulkar told the budding cricketer that he needed to scale new peaks and advised him to work hard.  

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!

— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) January 5, 2016

Former English cricketer Alan Wilkins pitched in and described Dhanawade's score as “mind numbing” in his tweet. 

The numbers for Pranav Dhanawade are mind-numbing! 1009 from 323 balls. 59x6s, 129x4s. 870 runs in boundaries! Did anyone in Mumbai see it?

— Alan Wilkins (@alanwilkins22) January 5, 2016

Of course, the impressive score also brought some humour to twitter. Rahul Raj tweeted, “Congrats for 1000 runs Pranav Dhanawade. Last time when I heard a Mumbaikar having so many 0s, it was Ajit Agarkar playing in Australia.”

Congrats for 1000 runs Pranav Dhanawade. Last time when I heard a Mumbaikar having so many 0s, it was Ajit Agarkar playing in Australia.

— Rahul Raj (@bhak_sala) January 5, 2016

Another user, who goes by the “Gabbar” handle, tweeted, “In his tribute to Arvind Kejriwal scored an odd number of runs (1009) in odd number of balls (323) on an odd day (5th Jan).”

Pranav Dhanawade in his tribute to Arvind Kejriwal scored an odd number of runs (1009) in odd number of balls (323) on an Odd day (5th Jan)

— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) January 5, 2016

Abhijeet tweeted a meme celebrating Dhanawade’s accomplishment. 

Pranav Dhanawade !! #FasterThanAB #FasterThan4G pic.twitter.com/7rrlMiLCc2

— Abhijeet. (@DarrKeAage) January 5, 2016