Sheldon Jackson Wrote A Beautiful Tweet For Gautam Gambhir: Kolkata Knight Riders had almost made it however Lucknow Super Giants won the game to knock them out of the IPL 2022 playoffs race in a nail-biting finish at the DY Patil Stadium on Wednesday.
Chasing a mammoth total of 211 runs against Lucknow Super Giants, Kolkata Knight Riders displayed some serious intent and amazing batting skills but despite a stunning half-century from Shreyas Iyer, a crucial 42 runs knock from Nitish Rana, and a quickfire 15-ball 40 from Rinku Singh, the team failed to win the game.
All thanks to the Rinku Singh’s heroics with the bat, it looked like LSG would end up on the losing side but that sensational catch from Evin Lewis crushed the hopes of KKR fans and Lucknow won the game.
Meanwhile, on Thursday, KKR’s wicketkeeper-batter Sheldon Jackson took to his Twitter and posted a beautiful Tweet for the current Lucknow Super Giants head coach Gautam Gambhir. Jackson, who shares a great bond with Gambhir expressed his gratitude to the former Indian cricketer for always guiding him. He wrote:
“Thank you so much bhaiya, for guiding me always”
Check out the Tweet:
Thank you so much bhaiya, for guiding me always
@GautamGambhir pic.twitter.com/DbQ6dRmJzS
— Sheldon Jackson (@ShelJackson27) May 18, 2022
For the unversed, Sheldon Jackson shares a close bond with the former KKR captain Gautam Gambhir. In fact, it was Gautam Gambhir, who saw potential in him and gave him a chance.
Earlier, in an interview, Jackson had revealed how Gambhir helped him in getting picked on the KKR side. Jackson had revealed that it was after a Ranji Trophy match, that he had approached Gambhir and asked him how he can improve on his game. Responding to this, Gambhir had said that he was playing well, and will be picked by the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) franchise in the IPL auction. He had said:
“We were playing a Ranji Trophy match against Delhi. I scored a 50 against a very good bowling attack. After that, I went up Gautam bhai, I have always idolized him, so I said: ‘Bhaiya, what do you feel about my game? How can I improve?’ He said: ‘You are batting well, just be ready. This year, I’ll pick you in KKR’. I just thanked him and went away, thinking he said that just to keep my heart,”
He added: “The auctions came and I went unsold in the first round. But someone from the KKR management called me saying, ‘Don’t worry Gautam bhai called us just now and we’ll go for you’. And I got picked for KKR. I always looked up to Gautam bhai, and I still do,”
