Historically, Mumbai batting as a cricketing gharana or institute, has always been number-driven. From the Vijay Merchant years to the Gavaskar era, up to the Tendulkar period, and now in the Rohit and Rahane time zone, Mumbai has always been excited by numbers that figure in the last column.


Pranav Dhanawade plays a shot en route his record-breaking 1009 not out for KC Gandhi School vs Arya Gurukul School in Kalyan yesterday. Pic/PTI

That is a quality that draws eyeballs and rightly so. It is a benchmark one sets to keep an eye on a batsman or bowler. Social media started trending on an abnormal score of 1009 not out by young Pranav Dhanawade in the Bhandari Cup school tournament in Kalyan yesterday. No fault of his, nor are his runs a cross in his box as a batsman.