Sheldon Philip Jackson (born 27 September 1986) is an Indian

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who plays for

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in domestic cricket and previously appeared for

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(IPL). He is a right-handed

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Career

After a good domestic season in 2012–13, he was signed up by the

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in February 2013. He finished the

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season as the fifth-highest run-getter. During the

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, Jackson hit two centuries on two consecutive days of the competition. Jackson made his debut for Saurashtra in 2011 and scored 5634 runs in first-class cricket at an average of 49.42, including 19 hundreds and 27 half-centuries. He was a part of

IPL team in 2017. On 3 March 2017, during the

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match against

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, Jackson became only the second Indian batsman to be given out in a List A match by

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. On 2 November 2018, in Saurashtra's match against

in the

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, he scored his fifteenth century in first-class cricket. He was the leading run-scorer for Saurashtra in the group-stage of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, with 613 runs in eight matches. In July 2020, Jackson moved from Saurashtra to

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, ahead of the 2020–21 Ranji Trophy. In February 2021, Jackson was bought by the

in the IPL auction ahead of the

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. In February 2022, he was bought by the

in the

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for the

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tournament.

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