Cape Town, Feb. 13 -- In a cricketing landscape where excelling across all formats has become increasingly rare, South Africa's Ryan Rickelton is determined to defy the odds.
Rickelton started the year in a spectacular fashion, scoring a mammoth 259 against Pakistan in the second Test at Newlands, which South Africa won by 10 wickets.
He quickly followed that up with stellar performances in the SA20, where he scored 336 runs at an average of 48, striking at an incredible 178.72 as he helped MI Cape Town lift the trophy for the first time, further solidifying his reputation in the shortest format.
But as South Africa prepare for the Champions Trophy, Rickelton's focus is now firmly on the ODIs, where he looks to continue his rise. In his ...