Romario Shepherd creates a storm in Abu Dhabi, hits Sam Curran for 22 runs in 1 over; watch video

By Samira Vishwas On Jan 1, 2026

International League T20 2025-26 (ILT20 2025-26) The first qualifier match was played on Tuesday, 30 December at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi where Desert Vipers (Desert Vipers) The team of MI Emirates (MI Emirates) They achieved a spectacular victory by defeating IPL by 45 runs and secured their final ticket. However, in the meantime, an incident also happened when MI all-rounder Romario Shepherd (Romario Shepherd) Captain Sam Curran of the Desert Vipers (Sam Curran) Kaal became and he scored 22 runs in just one over.

Yes, that’s what happened. Actually, this entire scene was seen in the 18th over of MI’s innings. Captain Sam Curran himself had come to bowl this over for Desert Vipers, which proved to be a mistake of his. This is because here Romario had made up his mind to attack the front bowler with the very first ball.

Sam Curran bowled Romario his very first ball on the body, a slower ball, seeing which the Caribbean player’s eyes lit up and he pulled and hit a big six. After this he became a run machine and hit a six and two consecutive fours in the next three balls. Apart from this, Romario connected with one bat from the last two balls and took 2 runs. In this way he gave full 22 runs to Sam Curran in one over.

Romario Shepherd in full fury!
Back-to-back sixes and fours… Romario Shepherd refuses to go quietly.#DPWorldILT20 #AllInForCricket #WhereTheWorldPlays pic.twitter.com/5vAt25mWte
— International League T20 (@ILT20Official) December 30, 2025

ILT20 itself has shared the video of this incident from its official X account which you can watch below. Also know that in this match, Romario Shepherd played an unbeaten inning of 39 runs by hitting 5 fours and 2 sixes in 23 balls. On the other hand, Sam Curran did not take any wicket by giving 48 runs in 3 overs. However, he also thrashed MI bowlers fiercely and scored unbeaten 38 runs in 12 balls.

The condition of the match was like this: In Qualifier-1 of the tournament, MI team won the toss and chose to bowl first, after which Desert Vipers scored 233 runs losing only 1 wicket in 20 overs. For them, opener Andres Gaus played the biggest innings and scored unbeaten 120 runs on 58 balls. In response to this, English player Tom Banton played an inning of 63 runs for MI by hitting 6 fours and 4 sixes in 27 balls, but despite this, the entire team could only add 188 runs by losing 7 wickets in 20 overs and thus Desert Vipers won the match by 45 runs.