Sheldon Jackson creates History, becomes leading six times on Ranji Trophy

Saurashtra’s veteran batter, Sheldon Jackson, made her 100th Ranji Trophy Match even more special when she recorded her name in the record books in the ongoing group stage against Assam on the day of the inauguration at Saurashtra Stadium. Rajkot Association Cricket on Thursday (January 30).

Sheldon Jackson made history becoming six times from the Ranji Trophy during the Saurashtra Final League game against Assam. The 38 -year -old veteran reached this milestone with the six records of the Assam Pacer Rahul Singh in the corner of cow.

Sheldon Jackson becomes the highest six strokes in the history of the Ranji Trophy

With this maximum, Jackson beat the old Indian Wicketkeeper Naman OjhaThe value of 143 six. He came to beat at the number three of the party forced by Saurashtra and scored 48 runs of 86 balls before being dismissed by Riyan Parag.

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Jackson hit five limits and six during his blow against Assam in the continuous Ranji 2024-25 Trophy in Rajkot. With this time, the batter on the right also became the third scorer in Saurashtra with more than 6600 runs in his name on the Ranji Trophy. Now it’s just behind Chetshwar raised And Sitanshu Kotak.

Jackson is also the second manufacturer of the highest century in Saurashtra in the first class cricket, with 19 tons in his name. Now it is only behind the 25 centuries of climbing for the team. With his latest milestone, Sheldon Jackson joined an elite club of only six batters who have won more than 100 six in the history of the Ranji Trophy.

Sheldon Jackson joins a home star list

Manish PandeyPaas Dogra, Saurabh Tiwary and Yusuf Pathan are the other members of this exclusive list who have more than 100 six in the Ranji Trophy. Since debuting in the first class in the 2011-12 season, Jackson has accumulated more than 7,000 runs.

Well, Jackson scored 238 runs in seven entries, including two half a century, at the first five rounds of the Ranji trophy in current 2024-25. Earlier this month, Jackson retired from the domestic cricket of white balls after 19 years.

He has played 86 games and 85 T20 and has accumulated 2792 runs and 1812 runs, respectively. Unfortunately, Wicketkeeper-Bater has never had the opportunity to play in India. However, Jackson played nine games for KKR and scored 72 runs on the IPL.

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Can Jackson help Saurashtra lift the ranji trophy for the third time?

Above all, Jackson played a key role in the first victory of the Ranji Trophy in Saurashtra in the 2019-20 season. He was the team’s top scorer with 809 runs with an impressive average of more than 50 years, including three centuries in his name.

In the 2022-23 season, he continued his brilliant way, marking 588 runs while Saurashtra claimed his second title. His 160th stroke in the semifinal against Karnataka was the highlight of last season.

Saurashtra is currently in the third place in Group D table with 18 6 -game runs, and now they have to beat Assam in their last group game to get it in the next round, as Tamil Nadu has already Insured its group rating with 25 points.