Romario Shepherd (born 26 November 1994) is a Guyanese cricketer who plays for

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in domestic cricket and for

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in international cricket. He made his international debut for West Indies in November 2019.

Domestic and franchise career

A right-arm fast bowler, Shepherd made his

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debut for Guyana in January 2016, playing against the

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in the 2015–16 Regional Super50. Opening the bowling with Steven Jacobs, he took 3/37 from 10 overs on debut, including the first two wickets to fall, and was named man of the match. He made his first-class debut for Guyana in the

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on 10 March 2017. He made his

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debut for

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in the tournament on 5 September 2018. In July 2020, Shepherd was named in the

squad for the

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. In December 2021, he was signed by the

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following the players' draft for the

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. In February 2022, he was bought by the

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in the auction for the 2022 season of the

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(IPL). He was selected to play for Chattogram Challengers in the

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. Ahead of the 2025 edition of the IPL, Shepherd was bought by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at his base price of 1.5

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. In a home fixture against

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, he scored a half-century off 14 balls, the fastest ever by an RCB player, and the joint second-fastest in IPL history. He scored 32 runs off Khaleel Ahmed in the 19th over, before scoring 20 off Matheesha Pathirana, the final over of RCB's innings, helping them post an eventual winning total of 213.

International career

In October 2019, Shepherd was named in the West Indies

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(ODI) squad for their series against Afghanistan. He made his ODI debut for the West Indies, against

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, on 6 November 2019. In January 2020, he was named in the West Indies

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(T20I) squad for their series against Ireland. He made his T20I debut for the West Indies, against

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, on 18 January 2020. In November 2023, he was named in the ODI squad of West Indies for the 3-match ODI series against England. In the first ODI, he scored 48 runs off 28 balls and picked up 2 wicket for 77 runs. In May 2024, he was named in the West Indies squad for the

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tournament.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shepherd, Romario 1994 births Living people West Indies One Day International cricketers West Indies Twenty20 International cricketers Cricketers from Georgetown, Guyana Guyana cricketers Guyanese cricketers Guyana Amazon Warriors cricketers Joburg Super Kings cricketers Expatriate cricketers in South Africa Lucknow Super Giants cricketers Mumbai Indians cricketers Sunrisers Hyderabad cricketers Guyanese expatriate cricketers in India Guyanese expatriate cricketers