The first match of IPL 2022 was played between CSK and KKR. KKR beat CSK by 6 wickets to start the tournament with a win.
KKR won the match and KKR’s wicketkeeper Sheldon Jackson did the work of winning the heart. On one hand, wicketkeeper batsman MS Dhoni’s bat got an explosive innings, while on the other hand wicketkeeper Sheldon Jackson caught everyone’s attention with his stumping.
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Who is Sheldon Jackson :-
KKR: Wicket-keeper batsman Sheldon Jackson plays for Saurashtra in domestic cricket. In the first match, Sheldon Jackson’s quickness behind the wicket sent Uthappa to the pavilion. During the match, Jackson stumped Robin Uthappa at lightning speed.
After this, he is being compared with former CSK captain MS Dhoni. Sheldon Jackson remains a topic of discussion due to his stellar performance in the match against Chennai. 35-year-old Sheldon Jackson is from Bhavnagar in Gujarat and has returned to IPL after 5 years.
KKR:Tendulkar also became a fan of Jackson’s stumping :-
Jackson stumps Uthappa off Varun Chakravarthy’s delivery. Chennai had got two blows, but Robin Uthappa stayed on the crease on one side. Rayudu was supporting him at the other end. At the time when Uthappa got out, CSK’s score was 49 runs.
Uthappa dismissed off 21 balls with two fours and two sixes. Seeing the brilliant stumping of KKR ‘s Sheldon Jackson, the great batsman Sachin Tendulkar also could not stop himself and praised Jackson fiercely on social media. Tendulkar tweeted and wrote, ‘What a wonderful stumping. This stumping by Sheldon Jackson reminded me of MS Dhoni.
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Best stats in Sheldon’s domestic cricket :-
KKR: Sheldon Jackson played his first first class match in the year 2011. Jackson was also part of the 2019-20 Ranji Trophy winning team of Saurashtra. He was also the highest run-scorer for Saurashtra in this season. He scored 809 runs in 10 matches at an average of 50 with 3 centuries and 3 fifties.
Sheldon Jackson has scored 5947 runs in 79 first class matches at an average of 50. In T20 cricket too, he has scored 1514 runs in 66 matches. In List A cricket, he has scored 236 runs in 67 matches at an average of 37.23.
