I had 400k followers in about 24 hours – Romario Shepherd on his half-century against CSK in 2025

RCB made it four in four against Chennai Super Kings as a power-hitting showdown from Tim David fuelled them to a famous win in IPL 2026. However, the meeting prior to this in Chinnaswamy between the two sides saw RCB garnering late momentum as Romario Shepherd blasted a 14-ball-53*. He walked into bat with 14 balls remaining in the innings and owned it all in stunning fashion.

Talking on RCB Bold Diaries, Shepherd opened up what that knock felt like and how it completely changed things around him. He also shed light on one of those moments where Big Rom felt the nerves creep in but then it was for a grand occasion.

Highlighting the innings against CSK in IPL 2026, Romario said, “To say that I knew that I was going to get a 50 was that I'm lying. It so happened that it was like the 17th over and you get to face like 70% of the delivery that's remaining. That was like just like an unbelievable moment in cricket where like Tim David on the other end and you got to get to face like 70% of the delivery that's remaining.”

Underlining the after-effect of the innings, Rom added, “After that knock, I had like about 400k followers in about 24 hours after that CSK knock.”

Dropping in a quick word what Chris Gayle said to him ahead of the finale, Romario stated, “Fast forward to when I was in the team last year when we were in the final when Chris Gayle came over when we met him at the hotel, he was like, just go there and enjoy, be myself. I was nervous in the final. That was the moment that the only time I could remember being nervous since the U-15 days.”