Shimron Hetmyer Height, Weight, Age, Family, Facts, Spouse, Biography

Posted by Abbie Anker on Friday, May 17, 2024
Shimron Hetmyer Quick Info
Height5 ft 10 in
Weight75 kg
Date of BirthDecember 26, 1996
Zodiac SignCapricorn
SpouseNirvani Umrao

Shimron Hetmyer is a Guyanese professional cricketer who has represented the West Indies in all 3 formats of the sport (Tests, ODIs, and T20Is), as a top-order batsman. Before breaking into the senior national team in all 3 formats in the same year (2017), he had participated in the 2014 Under-19 ICC Cricket World Cup where the West Indies had finished in a creditable 6th position. In December 2015, he was named the captain of the West Indies squad for the 2016 Under-19 ICC Cricket World Cup. He had captained the team to their first-ever title in the tournament. He had made a vital contribution with the bat as well, scoring 158 runs in 6 games including critical fifties in the quarter-final and the semi-final matches. In the Caribbean domestic circuit, he has played for his home country of Guyana (2014–Present) across all 3 formats. A destructive top-order batsman, he has been featured in franchise-based T20 leagues around the world, turning out for Royal Challengers Bangalore (2019) and Delhi Capitals (2020-Present) in the IPL (Indian Premier League); and Guyana Amazon Warriors (2016–Present) in the CPL (Caribbean Premier League).

Born Name

Shimron Odilon Hetmyer

Nick Name

Hettie

Sun Sign

Capricorn

Born Place

Cumberland, Berbice, Guyana

Residence

Guyana

Nationality

Guyanese

Occupation

Professional Cricketer

Family

  • Father – Gladstone Hetmyer (Former Worker in a Sugar Estate)
  • Mother – Ingrid Hetmyer
  • Siblings – Seon Hetmyer (Older Brother), Shonette Hetmyer (Older Sister), Shonelle Hetmyer (Older Sister)

Batting

Left-Handed

Bowling

Right-Arm Off Break

Role

Top Order Batsman

Jersey Number

  • 2 – One Day International (ODI), T20 International (T20I)
  • 189 – Guyana Amazon Warriors (CPL), Delhi Capitals (IPL)

Build

Athletic

Height

5 ft 10 in or 178 cm

Weight

75 kg or 165.5 lbs

Girlfriend / Spouse

Shimron has dated –

  • Nirvani Umrao (2019-Present) – Shimron got engaged to his long-term girlfriend Nirvani Umrao in December 2019 and the couple tied the knot in March 2020. In May 2022, he welcomed his first child.
  • Race / Ethnicity

    Black

    He is of Afro-Guyanese descent.

    Hair Color

    Black

    He often tends to dye his hair blonde.

    Eye Color

    Dark Brown

    Sexual Orientation

    Straight

    Distinctive Features

    • Toned physique
    • Side-cropped hair
    • Affable smile
    • Sports a trimmed goatee
    • Wears ear studs

    Religion

    Christianity

    Shimron Hetmyer Facts

  • Before he led the West Indies to the 2016 Under-19 ICC Cricket World Cup title, Shimron had played just 5 domestic games for Guyana in the Caribbean domestic circuit.
  • In his List A (50 overs) debut match, he had scored a century against Trinidad and Tobago, in January 2015. His T20 debut match was the exact opposite experience for him as he was dismissed for a duck (a score of 0) while playing for Guyana Amazon Warriors in the 2016 season of the Caribbean Premier League.
  • In August 2018, he had become the youngest batsman to score a century in the CPL when he had made 100 runs for Guyana Amazon Warriors against the Jamaica Tallawahs.
  • In October 2018, he had scored a hundred off just 74 balls in an ODI match against India. As of May 2021, this was the 10th-fastest ODI century scored by a West Indies batsman.
  • In June 2019, in a match against Bangladesh, he had reached the milestone of 1,000 ODI runs for the West Indies senior national team. The performance had made him the fourth-fastest West Indian batsman to reach the milestone of 1,000 ODI runs. He had achieved the feat in just 29 innings.
  • In May 2022, for the birth of his first child, he left the bio-bubble of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the middle of the season and traveled back to Guyana.
  • Featured Image by Shimron Hetmyer / Instagram

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