An Indian teenager has scored 1,000 runs in a single innings to set a new world record in school cricket.

Pranav Dhanawade broke the previous record of 628 set by Arthur Collins in 1899 on Monday.

But he continued his innings in the HT Bhandari Cup inter-school tournament and reached the 1,000-run mark.

He smashed 59 sixes and 127 fours before his KC Gandhi School declared the innings at 1,465 against Arya Gurukul School on Tuesday.

Mumbai school cricket is highly competitive and has produced cricketers like legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar and current Indian opener Rohit Sharma.

"When I started I never thought about breaking the record. The focus was never that. I just played my natural game, which is to attack from the word go," Dhanawade told the Hindustan Times.

(BBC)