The failure of Team India's star batsman Virat Kohli has been in the headlines continuously in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy being played between India and Australia. Virat Kohli, who has scored more than 9 thousand runs in Test cricket, has failed miserably in this entire series and could not even score 200 runs. Whereas Kohli could not reach 200 runs even in 5 Test matches combined, a batsman scored 200 runs in a single innings. South African batsman Ryan Rickleton did this feat. He achieved this brilliant feat in the Cape Town Test against Pakistan.

South Africa's opening batsman Ryan Rickleton did this feat on the second day of the second Test match being played in Cape Town. Rickleton, who came to open the match, scored a brilliant century on the very first day, which was the second century of his Test career. He ended the second day with a score of 176 runs and all eyes were on whether he would be able to complete his double century or not. Rickleton did not disappoint his team and fans and scored a brilliant double century.

On Saturday, January 4, the second day of the match, Rickleton scored the first double century of his Test career in 266 balls. To reach here he hit 24 fours and 1 six. With this, exactly after 9 years, South Africa has scored a double century in Test cricket. Before him, Hashim Amla had also scored a double century in the New Year Test in Cape Town. Not only this, Rickleton also became the fourth South African batsman to score a double century against Pakistan.

The special thing is that Rickleton was opening for South Africa in Test for the first time and he has achieved this position in his very first attempt. His double century has come at a time when Team India's veteran batsman Virat Kohli is struggling for runs in Australia, thousands of miles away from South Africa. Kohli could score only 6 runs in the second innings of the last Test match being played in Sydney. With this, he ended the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with only 190 runs in 9 innings.