NAGPUR: Just three years back, Yash Chawde was striving in the skating rink.

He was doing exceptionally well at state and national competitions.

Owing to an unclear future in skating, his daddy Shravan chose to put him into cricket.

On Friday, Yash made his father proud by making a grand statement on the cricket field.

Yash (508 n.o; 178b, 81x4, 18x6) knocked unbeaten 508 runs and took his team to 714 for no loss on Friday.

The right-hander Chawde developed a record of highest individual rating in minimal overs format in inter-school cricket tournaments across India.Courtesy Chawdes knock, Saraswati Vidyalaya likewise notched up a record overall in 40 overs.

Later, they bundled out Siddheshwar Vidyalaya for 9 runs in 5 overs in the Nagpur leg of Mumbai Indians Junior Inter School (Under-14) cricket competition at Jhulelal Institute of Technology ground.The 13-year-old Chawde is the second batter after Sri Lankas Chirath Selleperuma to score 500+ score in restricted overs cricket.

Selleperuma had actually scored 553 not out in an Under-15 inter-school tournament in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, in August 2022, noted statistician Mohandas Menon informed TOI.

According to my records, Chawde is only the 10th batter to make a score of 500+ throughout all formats and age groups.

Out of 10, five batters in the list are Indians.

They are Pranav Dhanawade (1009 *), Priyanshu Moliya (556 *), Prithvi Shaw (546 ), Dady Havewala (515) and Yash Chawde (508 *), stated Menon.Chawde, who played 178 balls and struck 81 boundaries and 18 sixes, and his partner Tilak Wakode (127 off 97b) were also associated with a record opening wicket collaboration.

Yash began dipping into the age of 11 after he left skating, stated Yashs daddy, Shravan, who is a mid-day meal contractor.Current Vidarbha captain Faiz Fazal had scored 280+ for Saraswati Vidyalaya in VCA Under-14 inter-school competition against Rajendra High School.

Faiz went on to bet India and is one of the leading batters in First Class cricket.

Yash has it in him to duplicate what Faiz has attained, said Ravi Kulkarni, manager of Saraswati Vidyalaya.The school is understood for producing quality players.

The most successful wicketkeeper from Vidarbha Akshay Wadkar and former Ranji opener Akshay Kolhar are also ex-students of Saraswati Vidyalaya.The right-hander Chawde has scored more than 1000 runs for Saraswati Vidyalaya this season with 2 centuries in the Under-16 VCA tournament.

He is currently in VCA camp and has actually been regularly scoring runs.

He is disciplined and has good cricketing acumen.

When he stands on the field, his body movement makes him stand apart.

When he bats, it appears like he is lambey race ka ghoda, said Kulkarni.Chawde trains under Chandan Sah at Dr Ambedkar College Sports Academy (DACSA).

This is a big, huge advancement for Yash.

No matter who the opposition is, scoring 500 runs without giving any opportunity is good, stated Prashant Bambal, senior coach at DACSA.Earlier, in Vidarbha, Piyush Fulsunge had scored 469 runs in Under-16 inter-club competition in 2011.

Fulsunge had gone beyond another Vidarbha batter Ali Zoren Khans 461, which was also taped in an inter-school fulfill in 2010.