Romario Shepherd

Romario Shepherd is a Guyanese all-rounder representing the West Indies in international cricket and the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. Born on November 26, 1994, in Guyana, he has found his groove in the game's shortest version. 

Shepherd is a dashing all-rounder who can bowl at a good pace and can clear the fence in a humongous fashion lower down the order. He can be brutal on his day and originates from the West Indian cricketing folklore that provides swashbuckling all-rounders time and again.

Romario Shepherd: Along the Years

Romario Shepherd Records

• Involved in the highest ninth-wicket partnership among full-member nations in T20Is with Akeal Hosein (72*)

• Sixth-most runs in an over in IPL (32) after Chris Gayle (RCB), Ravindra Jadeja (CSK), Pat Cummins (KKR), Suresh Raina (CSK) and Manoj Tiwary/Chris Gayle (KKR) 

• Highest strike rate in an innings (390) in IPL 2024 (min.10 balls)

Romario Shepherd Career

Romario Shepherd has found life in franchise cricket and has added valuable contributions with both the bat and ball.

Romario Shepherd Domestic Career

Romario Shepherd made his List-A debut for Guyana against Leeward Islands in the Nagico Super50 tournament. He had a memorable debut as he won the ‘Player of The Match’ award for his figures of 3/37.

He made his First-Class debut for Guyana against Jamaica in Kingston on March 10, 2017. The Guyanese all-rounder scored his first and only FC ton against New Zealand A in the West Indies’s tour of New Zealand in late 2020.

Shepherd made his T20 debut for the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the Caribbean Premier League 2018 against Trinbago Knight Riders. He picked up 3 prized wickets on his debut, including that of the eventual ‘Player of The Match’ Colin Munro, Brendon McCullum, and Darren Bravo, but it went in vain as the Knight Riders won comprehensively by 67 runs.

He won the title with the Guyana Amazon Warriors in CPL 2023. He contributed with the ball by picking up 12 wickets and struck a few runs lower down the order at a gigantic strike rate of 235.41 in 12 matches.

Romario Shepherd IPL Career

Romario Shepherd was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL 2022 mega auction for INR 7.75 crores which had raised quite a few eyebrows as he had not established himself largely in the international circuit. He played 3 games in that season and did not fire with both the bat and the ball. For the heavy paycheck he had received, Shepherd was not given a long run to prove himself. 

Shepherd was released and bought by the Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL 2023 auction for INR 50 lakhs. He played a solitary match for the Super Giants in that season and was traded to the Mumbai Indians ahead of IPL 2024. 

The big West Indian took the IPL 2024 by storm when he smoked Anrich Nortje of Delhi Capitals for 33 runs in the last over of the first innings. Shepherd scored 39 runs off 10 balls at a staggering strike rate of 390, the highest strike rate in an innings in IPL 2024 (min. 10 balls). He powered MI to a score above 200 in the final over and added a valuable 30+ runs. He was eventually adjudged the ‘Player of the Match’ for being the point of difference as MI trounced the Capitals by a margin of 29 runs in a batting paradise at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and won their first match of the season. 

Romario Shepherd International Career

Romario Shepherd has not replicated his match-winning capabilities for the Men in Maroon and will be looking to make a name for himself in the coming years.

Romario Shepherd ODI Career

Romario Shepherd made his ODI debut against Afghanistan in Lucknow on November 06, 2019. He had a decent maiden outing with the ball, picking up 2 wickets for 32 runs. He played in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 Qualifiers, but could not help his team get to the Cricket World Cup as the West Indies missed out on a CWC spot for the first time.

Romario Shepherd T20I Career

Romario Shepherd made his T20I debut against Ireland at Basseterre on January 18, 2020. He took the solitary wicket of Kevin O’Brien but the match was abandoned due to rain. 

Shepherd was involved in a record partnership with Akeal Hosein in England’s tour of the West Indies in January 2022. The lower-order pair put on 72 runs, the highest partnership for the ninth wicket in T20Is among full-member nations but it went in vain as the visitors won by a solitary run.

Shepherd was included in the West Indies’s squad for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. He picked up just two wickets and was expensive with the ball, including a Phil Salt assault where he conceded 30 runs in a single over against the English opener. did not make an impact with the bat as well as hosts West Indies crashed out of the Super Eight of the T20 World Cup 2024.

Romario Shepherd’s Family

Romario Shepherd is married to Tia Terencia Joseph, a model and a TV anchor. He has two kids, an elder son named Romauldo Shepherd and a younger one named Romaire Shepherd, who was born recently. Shepherd left the West Indies squad and missed the clash against Afghanistan in their group-stage encounter of the T20 World Cup 2024 for the birth of his second child.