With the grand mini auction to be held on 19th December at Dubai, IPL 2024 has already being the limelight catching eyeballs of many cricketers. Even before the start of the IPL even the trade window was an exciting affair for the franchises as they were able to acquire or release many players .
The Most talked about acquisition was though of Hardik Pandya whom Mumbai Indians just tactically pulled out from Gujarat Titans. Another player who raised eyebrows of many cricketers especially of Ravichandran Ashwin was Romario Shepherd of West Indies who was bought at the base price 50 lacs to Mumbai Indians from Lucknow Super Giants.
The Lanky tall all rounder from West Indies Romario Shepherd is an utility player especially in T20i and ODI format for the West Indies. In the recently concluded ODI series with England , Romario Shepherd has performed extremely well thus forming his name as an able All rounder.
Romario Shepherd is a dangerous player-Ravichandran Ashwin impressed with acquisition
Veteran Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has often resorted to his You Tube channel and now feels that Mumbai Indians (MI) has pulled out the rabbit out of the hat by signing all rounder Romario Shepherd in an all- cash trade of INR 50 LACs from Lucknow Super Giants(LSG)
Ashwin was impressed with how Romario Shepherd performed in the West Indies’ ODI series win against England.
In a video on his YouTube channel, here’s what Ravichandran Ashwin had to say about Romario Shepherd (18:30):
“Mumbai Indians have pulled off a burglary at LSG. Hardik Pandya is himself a well-organized planned heist like we saw in Money Heist. But Romario Shephard was a little pickpocket while walking for a breeze. I feel they have given 50 lakhs for a player on the right side of his career,” said Ravichandran Ashwin.
“Romario Shepherd has been in the IPL for two years and has not exactly lived up to his potential. However, he scored with a 150 strike rate for West Indies against England and picked a couple of players as well. Mumbai have a solid Indian core so with the impact player rule, Romario Shephard is a dangerous player,” he added.
Romario Shepherd has played just four IPL games, scoring 58 runs and picking up three wickets at an expensive economy rate of 10.89. However, MI have a history of making the right use of players through some smart trades. Shepherd’s heroics against England seem to suggest Mumbai have pulled off another coup.