Pranav Dhanawade looks to make the England tour count, has eyes on his lost scholarship

Pranav Dhanawade made history last year when he played an extraordinary 1009 run inning at a school level tournament last year. But his career graph seems to have hit a low since the gigantic knock. The Mumbai Cricket Association has pulled off from giving him the Rs. 10,000 scholarship that Dhanawade used to get, from the last six months.

Situations seem to get worse for the promising lad as MCA still has not agreed to restart the payment. According to MCA President Vinod Deshpande, the committee thoroughly analyses the performance of a player before resuming the scholarship. But the lack of quality performances by Pranav Dhanawade in the recent times is keeping the committee away from restarting his grant.

Having said that, the President also mentioned that if Pranav starts performing, the MCA will surely restart the scholarship.

Deshpande said “There is a review system. A cricketer’s current performance is reviewed before continuing the scholarship. In Dhanawade’s case, he has not come up with any notable performance in any of the subsequent tournaments – at least in the last six months. He has scored only 70 runs in an under-19 summer camp tournament. So, how can we keep giving him scholarship. But we are keeping a watch on him. If he can perform, he will surely get scholarship again.”

The England tour:

Dhanawade will next head towards England for a friendly tour after going through a gruelling training session in order to improve his technique. Prashant Dhanawade, who is the father of the 18-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman, pointed out that Pranav needs to make the most of this tour and get some runs in his pocket which will help to renew his scholarship.

“Pranav is going to England with Dilip Vengsarkar Cricket Academy. The academy is bearing all the expenses of him. This tour is very important for Pranav. If he can get runs there he will be again in the eyes of the MCA junior level selectors because Dilip Vengsarkar Cricket Academy is rated highly by them. Hence, Pranav can regain his scholarship.” Prashant Dhanawade said.