1 ball, 3 sixes, 22 runs! RCB batter pulls off the unthinkable | Cricket News – The Times of India

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Romario Shepherd smashed 73 off 34 in the CPL for Amazon Warriors (X/Screengrabs)

West Indies all-rounder Romario Shepherd pulled off an ubelievable feat in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2025, smashing 22 runs off one authorized supply throughout Guyana Amazon Warriors’ conflict towards St Lucia Kings at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, St Lucia, on Wednesday. Shepherd, who turned out for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2025, hammered an unbeaten 73 off 34 balls. Despite his fireworks, the Warriors’ 202-run whole proved inadequate as the Kings overhauled the goal with 11 balls remaining. The most astonishing second of the evening unfolded in the fifteenth over of the Warriors’ innings. Oshane Thomas, introduced into the assault, utterly misplaced his maintain over the over. His third supply of the over needed to be bowled 5 instances after a sequence of no-balls and a large. Each error proved expensive. The first free hit was dispatched for six over deep mid-wicket, adopted by one other towering strike over sq. leg on the subsequent free hit. Thomas then overstepped once more, and Shepherd continued the punishment, placing the ball past the boundary as soon as extra. When Thomas lastly managed a authorized supply on his fifth try, the end result was no totally different. Shepherd despatched it crusing over the roof at deep sq. leg. In all, the over price 33 runs, with Iftikhar Ahmed including one other six off its ultimate ball. Shepherd’s clear hitting lifted the Warriors past 200, however the Kings’ reply was ruthless. Opener Ackeem Auguste led the chase with a blistering 73 off 35 balls, making certain the aspect crossed the 100-run mark inside 10 overs. The goal was overhauled in simply 18.1 overs, sealing a commanding victory.

For Shepherd, the innings added one other explosive chapter to his fame as an influence-hitter. Yet, on an evening the place he achieved the uncommon milestone of 22 runs from a single ball, the highlight in the end belonged to the Kings’ profitable chase.