5 cricket wonderkids from India in the last decade

Indian cricket has always been rich in terms of producing cricketing talent, batsmen in particular. While most of them are identified when they emerge on the first-class or List A scene or perhaps in Under-19 cricket, there are some who show early signs of their prowess by performing on an extraordinary level from a very young age.One of the greatest examples of Indian cricket’s wonder kids is someone who became a legend in world cricket later on, Sachin Tendulkar. Over the past decade or so, there have been a number of instances of Indian school kids excelling beyond all expectations and coming up with record-breaking feats. The most recent addition to this list is, of course, Pranav Dhanawade, who scored the first 4-digit individual score in any form of cricket on Tuesday.Here are 5 such wonder kids from the past few years, apart from Pranav Dhanawade:

#1 Pranav Dhanawade

Indian crickets latest wonderkid emerged just a few hours ago in Mumbai and his name is Pranav Dhanawade. He achieved what no batsman anywhere in the world has ever done in any form of cricket whatsoever, scoring 1000 runs in a single innings.

Pranav was unbeaten on a score of 1009 off just 323 deliveries and had to stop only because his team decided to declare at 1465 for 3. The 15-year old boys tsunami-like knock consisted of 59 sixes and 129 fours and took the cricketing world by storm.

Yesterday itself, Pranav Dhanawade broke the record for the highest ever score in any type of cricket when he surpassed a certain AEJ Collins who had scored 628 in a match 116 years ago in 1899. He added another 357 runs to his overnight tally of 652 on his way to the first individual 4-figure mark in cricket history.

Only time will tell how far Pranav will go in his cricketing career, but for now, he has at least etched his name in cricket history.