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Sheldon Jackson creates history, becomes the six batter leader in the Ranji trophy

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Sheldon Jackson creates history, becomes the six batter leader in the Ranji trophy


Saurahtra’s veteran batter, Sheldon Jackson, made his 100th Ranji trophy, even more special when recording his name in record books in the shock of the ongoing group stage against Assam the opening day at the Saurashtra association Cricket in Rajkot on Thursday (January 30).

Sheldon Jackson made history by becoming the highest six batters in the Ranji trophy during the last match of the Saurastra League against Assam. The 38 -year -old veteran reached this milestone with the six records of Assam Rahul Rahul Singh about Cow Corner.

Sheldon Jackson becomes the highest six batters in the history of the Ranji trophy

With this maximum, Jackson beat the former Wicktkeeper Indian Naman Ojha of 143 Sixes. He hit the number three in the game that must win for Saurashtra and scored 48 races of 86 balls before being fired by Riyan Parag.

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Jackson hit five limits and six during his blow against Assam in the continuous clash of the Ranji 2024-25 trophy in Rajkot. With this blow, the right -handed batter also became the third best scorer of Saurashtra with more than 6600 races in his name in the Ranji trophy. Now it is only behind Cheteshwar Pujara and Sitanshu Kotak.

Jackson is also the second highest creator of the century for Saurashtra in the first -class Cricket, with 19 tons in his name. It is now behind only 25 centuries of pujara for the team. With his last milestone, Sheldon Jackson joined an elite club of only six batters that have hit more than 100 six in the history of the Ranji trophy.

Sheldon Jackson joins a list of national stars

Manish Pandey, dogra, Saurabh Tiwary and Yusuf Pathan are the other members of this exclusive list that have more than 100 six in the Ranji trophy. Since he made his first class debut in the 2011-12 season, Jackson has accumulated more than 7000 races.

Well, Jackson scored 238 races in seven innings, including two medium-sized averages, in the first five rounds of the 2024-25 in progress. Earlier this month, Jackson withdrew from domestic white ball cryket after 19 years.

He has played 86 games from list A and 85 T20 games and accumulated 2792 races and 1812 races, respectively. Unfortunately, Wicktkeeper-Bater has never had the opportunity to play for India. However, Jackson played nine games for KKR and scored 72 races at the IPL.

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

In particular, Jackson played a key role in the first victory of the Saurahtra Ranji trophy in the 2019-20 season. It was the top scorer with 809 races at an impressive average of more than 50, including three centuries in its name.

In the 2022-23 season, he continued his brilliant form, scoring 588 races when Saurashtra claimed his second title. His 160 racing blow in the semifinal against Karnataka was an important climax of the last season.

Saurashtra is currently in the third place in the group D points table with 18 6 games races, and now they have to beat Assam in their last group game to reach the next round, since Tamil Nadu has already secured his qualification of this. Group with 25 points.