Pranav Dhanawade - of 1009 runs fame - gets a gift, and it's from Master Blaster Tendulkar!

NEW DELHI: Pranav Dhanawade had another moment to cherish after scoring a record breaking 1009 when Sachin Tenduklar gifted the Mumbai schoolboy his autographed bat.

Master Blaster @sachin_rt gifts his own autographed bat to #PranavDhanawade for his record breaking innings pic.twitter.com/N8eoqQ4AQK

— BCCI (@BCCI) January 7, 2016

Tendulkar was quick to congratulate 15-year-old Dhanawade on his mind-boggling knock of 1009 in a school game on Tuesday.

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

Dhanawade, playing for KC Gandhi Higher Secondary School, reached the gigantic score of 1000 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).