This was Sheldon Jackson's third fifty in three matches for Saurashtra in ongoing SMAT 2021.
Sheldon Jackson slammed 79* in 47 balls with 11 fours and 2 sixes as Saurashtra put up 166/6 in 20 overs. Chirag Jani also made 42 runs as well. Though Delhi’s Dhruv Shorey and Anuj Rawat made 30 odd runs, they could only manage 153/5 in 20 overs with Kushang Patel taking 2/35 and lost the match by 13 runs.
In fact, Sheldon Jackson has been in very good form with the bat for Saurashtra, having made half-centuries in Saurashtra’s previous two matches as well, against Uttarakhand and Chandigarh respectively.
Jackson made a valuable 62* with 5 fours and 3 sixes against Uttarakhand and along with Prerak Mankad’s 47, helped Saurashtra to 146/3. Though Robin Bist made 46*, Uttarakhand lost the match by 2 runs only.
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Sheldon then made merry in a run-fest against Chandigarh as he made 70 in 40 balls with 5 sixes and 4 fours, adding 104 runs with Arpit Vasavada (72) as Saurashtra made 209/4 in 20 overs. Then thanks to five wickets in between Chetan Sakariya and Jaydev Unadkat helped them beat Chandigarh by 42 runs.
Thus far, Sheldon Jackson has made 221 runs in 5 matches in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament with 3 half-centuries at an average of 73.66 with a strike rate of 149.32. He has hit 22 fours and 10 sixes as well.