Can you imagine a cricketer scoring a triple century with a broken bat? If that is hard to believe, there is even more reason for you to be astounded. He changed his bat and went on to score an unbeaten 652.


Pranav Dhanawade poses with the scoreboard in Kalyan after ending up with an unbeaten 652

Pranav Dhanawade, the son of a Kalyan auto-rickshaw driver, batted his way into the record books with his epic innings for KC Gandhi English School, Kalyan against Arya Gurukul High School in the HT Bhandari under-16 inter-school tournament organised by Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) at Kalyan Municipal Corporation ground in Wayale Nagar, Kalyan yesterday.