Days after West Indies batting great Sir Viv Richards waxed eloquent on Virat Kohli’s brilliant maiden double century, his son joined Indian Test captain’s ever-going list of admirers. Mali Richards, who has played 18 first-class matches and now owns an art gallery T.H.O.C (The House of Creativity), came down to meet Kohli at the team hotel with his father and business partner Ron Howell (Guava De Artist). Richards Jr. met Kohli and gifted him a painting of his maiden double hundred scored during the first Test of the ongoing series at Sir Viv Richards Stadium. Mali said he had planned to do something special for Kohli. “We were excited when we found out that Kohli is going to be Antigua for the first Test. We wanted to do something creative for him but back then we did not know the exact date of his arrival,” Mali toldBCCI.TV With Virat getting his double hundred on the second day of the match, Mali and his artist friend quickly got down to the task. “We decided to commemorate his maiden double hundred as he registered the milestone here in Antigua. We prepared the entire painting in just one day and came here to present it to him.” Mervyn Richards, Sir Viv’s younger brother too was present and congratulated Kohli for his feat and India’s massive win by an innings and 92 runs. Earlier in a chat with this website, Sir Viv had termed Kohli’s double as “magnificent”. “I think It was a magnificent hundred. To score a double hundred at Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground is a formidable task in terms of what he has achieved. As a batsman myself, it was very pleasing to see and even though it was against the West Indies, I do appreciate seeing class and his was a classy knock.”