The 13th match of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2025 was played between St Lucia Kings and Guyana Amazon Warriors, in which the Guyana team faced defeat despite a stormy innings from Romario Shepherd. The match was played on Tuesday at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium.
Sports News: The 13th match of the Caribbean Premier League 2025 was played between St Lucia Kings and Guyana Amazon Warriors last Tuesday at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium. The match was a high-scoring and thrilling affair, which St Lucia Kings won by 4 wickets. However, the biggest talking point of the match was Romario Shepherd, the Royal Challengers Bangalore all-rounder. He entertained the audience with his explosive batting and also pulled his team out of a difficult situation.
Romario Shepherd's Stormy Innings
Guyana Amazon Warriors won the toss and decided to bat first, but the start was very weak. In 12.1 overs, the team's score was 78 runs for 5 wickets. At such a time, Romario Shepherd handled the team with his aggressive batting and made the match exciting. Shepherd scored an unbeaten 73 runs off 34 balls, including 5 fours and 7 sixes.
He put on a partnership of 102 runs with Iftikhar Ahmed and took the team's score to 202 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. St Lucia achieved the target in 18.1 overs and won the match.
Romario Shepherd's Career in IPL
Romario Shepherd plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in IPL 2025. In the 2025 mega auction, he was bought by RCB at a base price of ₹1.50 crore. Shepherd was also a part of the winning squad of IPL 2025. In this season, he took 6 wickets and scored 70 runs, including a half-century. Shepherd made his IPL debut in 2022 and has so far scored 185 runs and taken 10 wickets in 18 matches. This performance establishes him as a b all-rounder for RCB.
Shepherd's aggressive innings not only made the match exciting but also put the bowlers out of control. His strike rate was 214.71, which shows how fast he was scoring runs.
