Hailing Mumbai teenager Pranav Dhanawade for becoming the first batsman ever to score four-figure runs in a single knock, CPI(M) today made a strong pitch for a sports policy that can provide meaningful support and training to both talent and potential.
"Congrats, Pranav Dhanawade-1009 n/o! A world cricket record; kudos to individual effort & team that facilitated.
"So much young talent in India. Need a sports policy that can provide meaningful support and training to both, talent and potential," party general secretary Sitaram Yechury posted on Twitter.
The 15-year-old, playing for KC Gandhi Higher Secondary School, scored an unbeaten 1009 runs in just 323 deliveries with a jaw-dropping strike rate of 312.38 in the game against Arya Gurukul in the Bhandari Cup inter-school tournament organised by the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA).
In the course of his awe-inspiring innings, which lasted 395 minutes, Dhanawade smashed a whopping 129 fours and 59 sixes.
