Sheldon Jackson IPL Team, Age, Wife, Batting Stats, Height, Career

Sheldon Jackson is an Indian Cricketer who has his roots in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat. The same region which has gifted International Cricket with stalwarts like Ravindra Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujara, Pathan brothers and the Pandya brothers to name a few superstars of the game. The Saurashtra team has been producing brilliant cricketers and Jackson truly lives up to the expectations. He is a right-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper. He started his cricketing journey with the same team in 2011. He has never looked back and has been a star performer for all the teams. He has been roped in by KKR for this year’s IPL. Sheldon is in good form and will be a player to look out for in the coming season.

Role – Wicketkeeper Batsman

Physical Appearance

Sheldon Jackson Height (approx.) – 5 feet 9 inches or 175 cm

Weight (approx.) – 73 kg or 161 lbs

Eye Colour – Dark Brown

Hair Colour – Black

Personal Life

Date of Birth – 27 Sep 1986

Sheldon Jackson Age (as of Feb 2021) – 34 years

Birth Place – Bhavnagar, Gujarat

Zodiac sign – Libra

Nationality – Indian

Family

Father – Late Philip Jackson

Mother – Sedrene Jackson

Religion – Christianity

Address – Bhavnagar, Gujarat

Cricket Career

International Debut – Sheldon has not made his international debut in Tests, ODI or T20I’s.

Major Teams:

Jackson was a prominent member of the Saurashtra team in the Ranji trophy. However, he has recently shifted to the Puducherry team. In the IPL, he has played for Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Sheldon Jackson IPL Team: KKR (Bought in 2021 IPL Auction)

Sheldon Jackson Batting Stats & Records

The right-handed wicketkeeper batsman has been regular for the Saurashtra Ranji team for a long time.

• He has close to 10 years of first class cricket under his belt.
• Sheldon has played 76 first class and 60 T20 matches.
• Having scored more than 5500 runs in the first class format, he averages close to 60.
• He has also hit 19 centuries and 27 half centuries in the same format.
• After having a remarkable domestic season in 2012-13, he was selected for the coveted Indian Premier League by Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Hobbies – Swimming

Favourite Cricketers – Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, AB De Villiers and Brett Lee are some of his favourite cricketers.

Favourite Films – Sheldon loves watching movies both Bollywood and Hollywood. Raees and Dear Zindagi are some of his favourite Hindi movies. He is an ardent fan of the superhero movies Avengers, Captain America are some of his preferred movies in English.

Marital Status – Married

Sheldon Jackson Wife Name – Varada

Children – Nil

Awards and recognitions

• In his second domestic season, he scored the highest number of centuries for his side.
• In the same season he was also the second highest run scorer.
• He has been a part of the IPL for 6 seasons although in different teams. He was part of the RCB for 2 seasons and for 4 seasons he was with KKR.
• He has recently been bought by Kolkata Knight Riders at the base price of 20 lakhs. He will be a part of the KKR team for IPL 2021.

Controversies

Jackson blamed the BCCI and requested transparency in team selection. He was visibly annoyed as seemed by his tweet on not getting selected even after having scored 854 runs in the current season.  His tweet read that no player was selected from the Saurashtra team even after the team had played Ranji finals.