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[caption id="attachment_3934" align="alignnone" width="580"] Pranav Dhanawade, of KC Gandhi High school set a world record by scoring an unbeaten 1009 runs in the ongoing HT Bhandari Cup . Image Source : twitter[/caption] Pranav Dhanawade, a 15-year-old student of KC Gandhi High School set a new world record in cricket on Tuesday scoring an unbeaten 1009 runs against Arya Gurukul School in the ongoing HT Bhandari Cup under-16 inter-school tournament in Mumbai. Pranav went past AEJ Collin's unbeaten 628 in a school match at Clifton College in 1899  thus shattering a century-old cricketing record and taking over the mantle of 'highest individual score' in any form of cricket(including minor cricket).Ironically, Collins had never played any first class cricket, and had been killed in the first World War. Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) organized this tournament mainly for the benefit of suburban schools. Pranav's knock consisted of 59 sixes and 129 fours, played at a strike rate of 312.38. Dhanawade became the fourth Indian to score 500 or more runs in a single innings after DR Havewalla (515 for Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railways against St Xavier’s in 1953), Chaman Lal (502 not out for Mahendra College, Patiala against Government College, Rupar in 1956-57) and Prithvi Shaw (546 for Rizvi Springfield against Francis D’Assisi in a Harris Shield game in 2013-14). Dhanwade’s father who is an autorickswaw driver said, "Cricket equipment costs a lot of money. I have tried to find sponsors for my son but on one occasion I was told that he first needs to make a name for himself." On Monday Maharashtra government announced their decision to bear all coaching and education expenditures of the 15-year-old. A call-up to the Mumbai U-16 team is sure for Pranav now, but considering the scale of his achievement even greater things might be coming soon.