Watch: Shimron Hetmyer celebrates his fiancee’s birthday with Rajasthan teammates
Shimron Hetmyer (Image source- BCCI/IPL)
Rajasthan, on Monday, beat Kolkata in a high-scoring thriller by seven runs. Jos Buttler and Yuzvendra Chahal were the architects of the team’s win. Jos Buttler scored his second hundred of the season and helped his team get to a gigantic total of 217 runs. He hit nine fours and five sixes in the innings. Shimron Hetmyer also played a brilliant cameo of 26 not out from 13 balls to help set up the total.
In the chase, captain Shreyas Iyer (85 runs in 51 balls) and Aaron Finch (58 runs in 28 balls) stitched a great partnership of 107 runs in 53 balls, but Yuzvendra Chahal had other plans. The leg spinner picked up his first-ever five-wicket haul in the tournament and completed his hat trick as well. This restricted Kolkata to 210, and Rajasthan won the match by seven runs.
Post the match, the team had another reason to celebrate as Shimorn Hetmyer’s fiancee, Nirvani had her birthday. In a video put up by Rajasthan’s official Twitter handle, The West Indian was seen celebrating with his teammates. Captain Sanju Samson and Riyan Parag, among others, were present at the time. Samson was also seen stuffing the cake in Hetmyer’s ear.
“Celebrating birthdays of near and dear ones – it’s a #RoyalsFamily thing. Happy birthday, Nirvani, from @SHetmyer and team,” was the caption of the tweet.
Here is the video of the team celebrating
Celebrating birthdays of near and dear ones – it's a #RoyalsFamily thing. 💗
Happy birthday, Nirvani, from @SHetmyer and team. 🥳 pic.twitter.com/utm1BjOy3h
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) April 19, 2022
Hetmyer has been in superb form throughout the Indian T20 League 2022 season. He has scored 223 runs in six matches thus far, with an incredible average of 74.33. Hetmyer also has a huge strike rate of 179.83.
The southpaw got his lone half-century in the Indian T20 League 2022 against Lucknow on April 10. Hetmyer scored 59 runs (not out) from 36 balls in the game. Rajasthan batted first, scoring 165 runs in 20 overs while losing six wickets. In response, Lucknow was able to score only 162 runs in 20 overs.
Rajasthan is now third in the standings with eight points. So far, they have won four and lost two matches in the tournament. On Friday, April 22nd, Rajasthan will face Delhi at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune in their next match.
