Romario Shepherd just took Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) from 157/5 in 17.4 overs to 213/5 in 20 overs. That’s 56 runs in 14 balls. This means, on average, RCB hit 4 runs per ball against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in the last 2.2 overs.
In the penultimate over of the match, Romario took Khaleel Ahmed to the cleaners. He smashed him for 33 runs in the 19th over. He hit 4 sixes and 2 fours in the over. It was the joint-most runs scored in a single IPL over. And the most in the ongoing 2025 season.
UNREAL HITTING!
#RomarioShepherd blitzkrieg hits Chinnaswamy!
He smashes a jaw-dropping 53 off just 14 balls,
equaling the 2nd fastest fifty in IPL history!Worthy of this epic clash #Kohli vs #Dhoni – one last time?
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IPL: Most runs in 1 over
| Runs | Batter | Bowler | Match | Venue | Date |
| 37 | Chris Gayle (6nb,6,4,4,6,6,4) | Prasanth Parameswaran | RCB v KTK | Bengaluru | 8 May 2011 |
| 37 | Ravindra Jadeja (6,6nb,6,6,2,6,4) | Harshal Patel | CSK v RCB | Mumbai | 25 April 2021 |
| 35 | Pat Cummins (6,4,6,6nb,2,4,6) | Daniel Sams | KKR v MI | Pune | 6 April 2022 |
| 33 | Romario Shepherd (6,6,4,6,6nb,0,4) | Khaleel Ahmed | RCB vs CSK | Bengaluru | 3 May 2025 |
| 33 | Suresh Raina (6,6,4nb,4,4,4) | Parvinder Awana | CSK v KXIP | Mumbai | 30 May 2014 |
| 33 | Manoj Tiwary (1,1), Chris Gayle (6,6,6,6,wd4,wd1) | Ravi Bopara | KKR v KXIP | Kolkata | Apr 4, 2010 |
But that wasn’t it. By smashing a six over long off on the last ball of the first innings, Romario brought up the second-fastest IPL fifty of all time. It took him just 14 balls to score the half-century. 10 of the 14 balls the strong West Indian faced went to the boundary.
Fastest IPL fifty
| Batter | Balls | Match | Venue | Date |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 13 | RR vs KKR | Kolkata | 11 May 2023 |
| Romario Shepherd | 14 | RCB vs CSK | Bengaluru | 3 May 2025 |
| KL Rahul | 14 | KXIP vs DC | Mohali | 08 April 2018 |
| PJ Cummins | 14 | KKR vs MI | Pune | 06 April 2022 |
| YK Pathan | 15 | KKR vs SRH | Kolkata | 24 May 2014 |
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