Pranav Dhanawade: Is he another Sachin Tendulkar in making, asks Harbhajan Singh

New Delhi: Mumbai cricketer Pranav Dhanawade's historic 1009-run knock has won a lot of praise from the cricket fraternity. As experts, cricketers continue to discuss the marathon innings, Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh has asked whether the youngster is another Sachin Tendulkar in the making.

Bhajji took to Twitter to hail the 15-year-old.

well played...no matter what levels cricket it is but numbers are just unbelievable.another @sachin_rt in making? https://t.co/XcXCFf4QoB — Harbhajan Singh (@harbhajan_singh) January 5, 2016

Earlier, Tendulkar himself praised the knock and asked the youngster to continue working hard.

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

On Monday, he remained unbeaten on 652 thereby breaking the record of AEJ Collins who scored an unbeaten 628 in a club match in England in 1899.

On Day 2 of the Bhandari Trophy tournament, Pranav went on to break the 1000-run barrier.