Romario Shepherd

Romario Shepherd (born 26 November 1994) is a Guyanese cricketer who plays for Guyana in domestic cricket and for West Indies in international cricket. He made his international debut for West Indies in November 2019.^[1]

Romario Shepherd

Personal information
Born	(1994-11-26) 26 November 1994 (age 30) Georgetown, Guyana
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowling All-rounder
International information
National side	West Indies (2019-present)
ODI debut (cap 193)	6 November 2019 v Afghanistan
Last ODI	12 December 2024 v Bangladesh
T20I debut (cap 83)	18 January 2020 v Ireland
Last T20I	10 June 2025 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2016–present	Guyana
2018–present	Guyana Amazon Warriors
2022	Sunrisers Hyderabad
2023–2024	Joburg Super Kings
2023	Lucknow Super Giants
2024	Chattogram Challengers
2024	Mumbai Indians
2025	Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I LA T20 Matches 37 53 78 164 Runs scored 402 537 946 1,656 Batting average 17.47 26.85 21.02 23.00 100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/4 0/3 Top score 50 53* 74* 72* Balls bowled 1,422 944 3,157 2,641 Wickets 33 56 89 158 Bowling average 40.27 27.53 32.92 30.91 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/37 4/31 4/19 4/13 Catches/stumpings 5/– 8/– 15/– 34/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 March 2025

Domestic and franchise career

A right-arm fast bowler, Shepherd made his List A debut for Guyana in January 2016, playing against the Leeward Islands 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.^[2] He made his first-class debut for Guyana in the 2016–17 Regional Four Day Competition on 10 March 2017.^[3] He made his Twenty20 debut for Guyana Amazon Warriors in the tournament on 5 September 2018.^[4]

In July 2020, Shepherd was named in the Guyana Amazon Warriors squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.^[5][6] In December 2021, he was signed by the Karachi Kings following the players' draft for the 2022 Pakistan Super League.^[7] In February 2022, he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the auction for the 2022 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).^[8] He was selected to play for Chattogram Challengers in the 2024 Bangladesh Premier League.

Ahead of the 2025 edition of the IPL, Shepherd was bought by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at his base price of ₹1.5 crore.^[9] In a home fixture against Chennai Super Kings, 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.^[10]

International career

In October 2019, Shepherd was named in the West Indies One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Afghanistan.^[11] He made his ODI debut for the West Indies, against Afghanistan, on 6 November 2019.^[12] In January 2020, he was named in the West Indies Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Ireland.^[13] He made his T20I debut for the West Indies, against Ireland, on 18 January 2020.^[14] In November 2023, he was named in the ODI squad of West Indies for the 3-match ODI series against England.^[15] 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 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.^[16]