Hetmyer had left the RR camp on May 8 after the clash against Punjab Kings, as he wanted to be with his wife during the birth of their first child. According to ESPNcricinfo, Hetmyer is undergoing quarantine as per IPL protocol and will be out in time to train ahead of Royal's final league match on Friday against Chennai Super Kings.
"I just want to relax, bowl, put the ball in the right areas and let the ball do the work," the Caribbean pacer added.
Pant clearly had a forgettable day behind the stumps.
West Indies showed a lot of promise to go one-up in Chennai but the home team bounced back strongly to post a mammoth 387/5 en route to a series-levelling 107-run victory in Visakhapatnam.
The most expensive buy in IPL 2020 Auction was Australian speedster Pat Cummins. The right-arm pacer was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 15.5 crore.
The competition has seen some high scoring clashes and gigantic sixes. With players like Chris Gayle, Jason Roy, Andre Russell, Hardik Pandya, Jos Butler and David Warner in the lineup, it would be criminal to expect a six-deficit tournament.
For entering the play-offs, Hyderabad will now have to depend on the result of Sunday's contest between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians as both Kolkata and Hyderabad have 12 points each.
RCB also roped West Indies youngster Shimron Hetmyer for Rs 4.2 crores.
For the West Indies, Shai Hope and Shimron Hetmyer are the biggest gainers in the batsmen rankings.
If captain Kohli adds another 81 runs to his already peerless tally, he will become the fastest batsman to 10,000 runs in this format, surpassing batting legend Sachin Tendulkar.
