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Monstrous Sixes From All-Rounder Grabs Eyeballs in the RCB Unbox Six Hitting Contest Ahead of IPL 2025

Vishnu PN

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.

Some payers who took part in six-hitting challenge

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.

Romario Shepherd’s IPL journey so far

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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Royal Challengers Bengaluru will take on defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders in the opening match of IPL 2025 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on March 22. RCB have not won an IPL title so far despite reaching the final thrice— 2009, 2011 and 2016.

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India's title triumph in the 2007 World Twenty20 (Now called T20 World Cup) is what brought me to cricket. Since then, I have keenly followed all the highs and lows of Indian cricket. From having taken cut-outs of major tournament schedules as a teenager, to writing about my favourite sport and players, I have come a long way, so much so that cricket has become a regular part of my life. For me, nothing can beat a team with Virat Kohli in it, because I believe that the hard work that he puts up, and the commitment he has towards his team, is second to none. 

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