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‘I will never call a selector and ask..’ – Sheldon Jackson opens up over ‘non-selection’ for West Indies tour

India is a certainly blessed with the talent which they have in their domestic cricket. This is indeed helpful for the board to search for ideal replacements for players who are currently representing the national side. It is not always simple to make the national squad in India’s extremely tough cricket system. Despite outstanding accomplishments on the domestic circuit, many players throughout history have been unable to crack the Indian XI.

One of the latest controversy was surrounded by Sarfaraz Khan, a standout batter for Mumbai who has had outstanding Ranji Trophy performances in recent years, was recently passed over once more for India’s next two-Test series against West Indies. Abhimanyu Easwaran is yet another unfortunate loser. However, several players have retired without earning a national cap after waiting their entire careers for an India call-up. Sheldon Jackson, who will turn 37 this year, hasn’t given up yet though despite not even receiving a single call up for national side.

Jackson played for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2022 Indian Premier League and put up a strong showing for Saurashtra during the previous season. Jackson has participated in 90 first-class games and 77 List A contests but has yet to receive a call-up from India. He has expressed his disappointment at not being selected for India ‘A’ last year.

Recently in a interview with the Sportskeeda, Jackson stated that he get motivation from players like Dinesh Karthik, who made Indian team comeback at the age of 37 and MS Dhoni, at the age of 41, who is still playing and has also led Chennai Super Kings side to a record fifth IPL title. The Saurashtra batter has played even went onto say that if he wasn’t good enough then he wouldn’t have played 100 first class matches.

“If you don’t get the chance where you will make an impact? I can never comment on anyone’s selection. I can only ask about me, that why I have not got picked. I will never call a selector and ask why am I not picked.

Although, Jackson didn’t play in the latest IPL season but is expected to play play for Saurashtra when the upcoming domestic season begins.