Romario Shepherd goes ballistic, smashes fastest fifty for RCB in IPL history

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) all-rounder Romario Shepherd set the stage on fire in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 game against Chennai Super Kings (CSK). The match between the two teams is taking place at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

Romario Shepherd stole the limelight with his brutal cameo down the order and provided a much-needed boost to the Royal Challengers Bengaluru innings. After a powerful start, the hosts struggled to get going and lost wickets quickly, struggling to score 200.

Romario Shepherd attacked Khaleel Ahmed in the 19th over, slams CSK pacer for 33 runs

However, as soon as Romario Shepherd walked out to bat, things changed incredibly for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The West Indies National Cricket Team batter came out all guns blazing and made sure that he gave a terrible time to Chennai Super Kings on the field.

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Romario Shepherd attacked Khaleel Ahmed in the 19th over as he put the pacer under pressure right from the start. He hit six on the fix ball and after that didn't look back as he ended up hitting 33 runs in that over to take Royal Challengers Bengaluru from 159 to 192 in one over.

However, his carnage didn't stop there as he was all over Matheesha Pathirana as well in the last over. The fast bowler slammed the best bowler of the Chennai Super Kings in the game for 20 runs to get to his fifty and take the Royal Challengers Bengaluru batter to a massive total.

Romario Shepherd slammed a half-century in just 14 balls, hits fastest fifty for Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Romario Shepherd slammed a half-century in just 14 balls, and this was the fastest for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the league. Overall, this is the joint-fastest fifty in the tournament. He is now behind Yashasvi Jaiswal, who hit a 13-ball fifty against Kolkata Knight Riders in 2023.

Fastest fifty in IPL history (by balls faced)

13 - Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR) vs KKR, 2023

14 - KL Rahul (PBKS) vs DC, 2018

14 - Pat Cummins (KKR) vs MI, 2022

14 - Romario Shepherd (RCB) vs CSK, 2025*

Romario Shepherd ended with the innings of an unbeaten 53 runs off 14 balls, takes RCB to 213

Romario Shepherd ended with the innings of an unbeaten 53 runs off 14 balls. The Royal Challengers Bengaluru batter batted with a strike rate of over 378 and also slammed four boundaries and six sixes during his stay at the crease. His knock took his team to a total of 213 runs.

Thanks to his innings, Royal Challengers Bengaluru also scored the most runs in over 19-20. They went past Delhi Capitals' tally of 53 balls.

Most runs scored in Overs 19-20 of an IPL innings

54/0 - RCB vs CSK, Bengaluru, 2025*

53/0 - DC vs GT, Delhi, 2024

51/0 - MI vs DC, Wankhede, 2024

49/0 - PBKS vs RCB, Dubai, 2020

48/0 - RCB vs PBKS, Bangalore, 2019

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