Dhruv Pandove

Dhruv Mahender Pandove (9 January 1974 – 31 January 1992) was an Indian first-class cricketer who played for Punjab. He made his first-class debut at the age of 13 and was considered to be an "exceptionally gifted batsman" and a "prodigy". He became the youngest Indian and one of the youngest players in the world to score a century in first-class cricket, with his 137 against Jammu and Kashmir in 1988 coming at the age of 14 years and 294 days. He was the youngest player to reach the 1000-run mark in Ranji Trophy, reaching the milestone at the age of 17 years and 341 days.

On the night of 31 January 1992, Pandove was killed in a road accident in Ambala.

Pandove was born on 9 January 1974 in Patiala. His father M. P. Pandove was a first-class cricketer who appeared in 75 first-class matches playing for Southern Punjab, Punjab, and North Zone, and later became a cricket administrator.

Dhruv Pandove came into the limelight after scoring heavily for Punjab under-15s and under-17s. Following scores of 159 against Jammu and Kashmir under-17s and 51 against Delhi under-17s in the 1987–88 Vijay Hazare Trophy, Pandove made his first-class debut in November 1987 at the age of 13 and scored 94 in that match against Himachal Pradesh. He captained North Zone under-15s in the 1987–88 Vijay Merchant Trophy and scored 206 in the semifinal against Central Zone under-15s, followed by 117 and 42 not out in the final against East Zone under-15s, leading his team to the title.

In October 1988, playing only his third first-class match, Pandove hit 137 against Jammu and Kashmir at Srinagar. With this century, he became the youngest Indian and one of the youngest players in the world to score a first-class century, at the age of 14 years and 294 days.

He was then selected in the India under-19 squad and was part of the team that won the Youth Asia Cup in Pakistan in 1988/89 as well as the one that toured Bangladesh in the next year's Asia Cup. He became captain of Punjab under-19s for the 1990–91 Cooch Behar Trophy in which he scored back-to-back hundreds. He scored 64 on his List A debut in December 1990.