The RCB Unbox event in Bengaluru on Monday witnessed several players take up the six-hitting challenge ahead of IPL 2025.
West Indian cricketer Romario Shepherd was one among the several Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) players to take part in a six-hitting contest during the team’s Unbox event in Bengaluru ahead of IPL 2025. Two teams- Team Jitesh and Team Rajat took part in the six-hitting contest.
There were four batters in each team, with each of the batters getting a maximum of three chances to hit maximums. Romario Shepherd slammed three maximums and the fans at Bengaluru’s Chinnaswamy Stadium were entertained. Australia’s Tim David, England duo of Liam Livingstone and Jacob Bethell and wicketkeeper-batter Jitesh Sharma were among the others to take part in the six-hitting challenge.
Some of Livingstone’s and Romario’s shots even went out of bounds, leaving the fans at the stadium in awe of their performances.
Romario Shepherd was acquired by Royal Challengers Bengaluru for his base price of INR 1.50 crore.
RCB is Romario Shepherd’s fourth team in the IPL. He has previously played for Mumbai Indians, Lucknow Super Giants and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Overall, the all-rounder has played 10 IPL matches and scored 115 runs at a strike-rate of 182.54. He has taken just four wickets in these 10 matches.
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