Shimron Hetmyer

Shimron Odilon Hetmyer is a Guyanese cricketer who plays as a top order batsman for the West Indies cricket team. Hetmyer captained the West Indies to win the 2016 Under – 19 Cricket World Cup.

During 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named Hetmyer as one of the five breakout stars in men’s cricket. He is also the current captain of CPL side Guyana Amazon Warriors.

Early life

On 8 May 2022, he announced the birth of his first child with wife Nirvani. He has a child who was born in 2022 during the IPL. He played cricket from a young age. He also has a lot of friends from childhood that would love to see him be better and represent WI and Guyana more often.

Domestic Career

• Twenty20 (T20) debut: in the 2016 Caribbean Premier League (CPL) for the Guyana Amazon Warriors, and was retained for the 2017 edition
• In August 2018, he became the youngest batsman to score a century in the CPL, when he made 100 runs for Guyana Amazon Warriors against the Jamaica Tallawahs.
• In October 2018, Cricket West Indies (CWI) awarded him a red – ball contract for the 2018 – 19 season.

IPL T20 Franchise Career

• In December 2018, he was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League.
• In March 2019, he was named as one of eight players to watch by the International Cricket Council (ICC) ahead of the 2019 Indian Premier League tournament. He was released by the Royal Challengers Bangalore ahead of the 2020 IPL auction.
• In the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by the Delhi Capitals ahead of the 2020 Indian Premier League.
• In July 2020, he was named in the Guyana Amazon Warriors squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.
• In May 2021, in the mini – player replacement draft for the remainder of the postponed 2021 Pakistan Super League, Hetmyer was signed by the Multan Sultans as a replacement for Mahmudullah.
• In the 2022 IPL Auction, Hetmyer was bought by the Rajasthan Royals.

International Career

• He represented the West Indies at Under – 19 level, captaining the team to prevail in the 2016 Under – 19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh, by defeating India in the tournament’s final.
• Test debut for the West Indies against Pakistan on 21 April 2017
• ODI debut for the West Indies against New Zealand on 20 December 2017
• T20I debut for the West Indies against New Zealand on 1 January 2018
• On 6 March 2018, in the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, he scored his first ODI century, batting against the United Arab Emirates at the Old Hararians ground in Harare.
• In February 2019, Hetmyer scored the fastest century by a West Indies batsman against England in an ODI match, doing so from 82 balls.
• In April 2019, he was named in the West Indies’ squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. On 17 June 2019, in the match against Bangladesh, Hetmyer scored his 1,000th run in ODIs.

Major Achievements

• In August 2018, he became the youngest batsman to score a century in the CPL, when he made 100 runs for Guyana Amazon Warriors against the Jamaica Tallawahs.
• In February 2019, Hetmyer scored the fastest century by a West Indies batsman against England in an ODI match, doing so from 82 balls.
• On 17 June 2019, in the match against Bangladesh, Hetmyer scored his 1,000th run in ODIs.