Saurashtra’s wicketkeeper-batsman Sheldon Jackson seems to be very upset with the IPL 2019 auction. While many unknown players have found bidders, it wasn’t the case with some of the consistent performers in domestic cricket. Players who have done extremely well in the Ranji Trophy didn’t get as much attention and largely went unsold in the auction. He also went unsold with the base price of ₹20 Lakhs.
This has resulted in Jackson being extremely frustrated and perplexed. He took to the micro-blogging site Twitter to channelized his disappointment. Also, he used the cuss word in his tweet. First, he tweeted that he couldn’t believe what he was seeing.
https://twitter.com/ShelJackson27/status/1075043457884917763
Then, there were three tweets that followed. In the second tweet, he wrote ‘wtf’ (What the f***). Then, in the other tweet, “seriously man wtf is happening,” he further tweeted.
https://twitter.com/ShelJackson27/status/1075043525916549121
https://twitter.com/ShelJackson27/status/1075043525916549121
In his last tweet, Sheldon gave the example of his teammate Dhamendrasinh Jadeja. The 28-year-old has been bringing out some terrific performances on a consistent basis in the domestic circuit. He has picked up 35 wickets thus far including a hat-trick. Yet, he went unnoticed and wasn’t even a part of the auction.
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In his tweet, Jackson elaborated, “A big applause to all the state associations who have their own leagues .varun chakravarthy a big example, and players like Dharmendra Jadeja who day in and do outperform in the domestic circuit but goes unnoticed after taking a hat-trick with 35 wickets.”
https://twitter.com/ShelJackson27/status/1075052286353657856
With this last tweet, Sheldon cleared said in order to get selected in the IPL, a player has to play the T20 leagues to get noticed by the franchises and he also gave the example of Varun Chakravarthy. The 27-year-old came into the limelight after his heroics in the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL).
