Sikkim cricket team
| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Captain | Nilesh Lamichaney |
| Coach | Sanjeev Sharma |
| Owner | Sikkim Cricket Association |
| Team information | |
| Founded | 2018 |
| Home ground | Mining Cricket Stadium, Rangpo |
| History | |
| First-class debut | Manipur in 2018 at Jadavpur University Campus Ground, Kolkata |
| Ranji Trophy wins | 0 |
| Vijay Hazare Trophy wins | 0 |
| Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins | 0 |
The Sikkim cricket team is a cricket team that represents the state of Sikkim in Indian domestic competitions. In July 2018, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) named the team as one of the nine new sides that would compete in domestic tournaments for the 2018–19 season, including the Ranji Trophy and the Vijay Hazare Trophy.[1][2][3] However, prior to the start of the tournament, the team did not have a ground to play first-class cricket on.[4] Unlike some of the other new teams, Sikkim decided to enter their first List A competition with a team made up entirely of home-grown players.[5] Ahead of the 2018–19 season, Sanjeev Sharma was appointed as the team's coach.[6]
In September 2018, they lost their opening fixture of the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, to Manipur, by 10 wickets.[7][8] In the Round 8 fixture against Bihar, Sikkim were bowled out for 46 runs, with Bihar winning by 292 runs, the biggest margin of defeat by runs in Indian domestic cricket.[9] In their first season in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, they finished in last place in the Plate Group, losing all eight matches.[10] Lee Yong Lepcha finished as the leading run-scorer, with 214 runs, and Mandup Bhutia was the leading wicket-taker for the team, with five dismissals.[11]
In November 2018, in their opening match of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, they beat Manipur by an innings and 27 runs.[12][13] In the sixth round of fixtures, Milind Kumar became the first batsman to score 1,000 runs in this edition of the tournament.[14] He did so in the match against Mizoram, in his ninth innings of the competition.[15] They finished the 2018–19 tournament fifth in the table, with four wins from their eight matches.[16]
In March 2019, Sikkim finished in last place in Group C of the 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, with no wins from their six matches.[17] Milind Kumar was the leading run-scorer for the team in the tournament, with 159 runs, and Bipul Sharma was the leading wicket-taker, with seven dismissals.[18] However, he left the team ahead of the 2019–20 Ranji Trophy tournament.[19]
Squad
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||
| Nilesh Lamichaney | 4 September 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Captain |
| Pankaj Rawat | 25 May 1993 | Right-handed | ||
| Pranesh Chettri | 27 February 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Anwesh Sharma | 20 February 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| Saurav Prasad | 19 May 2000 | Right-handed | ||
| Sankar Prasad | 4 July 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Jyoti Bind | 26 August 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| Sabin Chettri | 6 July 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| All-rounders | ||||
| Lee Yong Lepcha | 7 November 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Sumit Singh | 10 September 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Ankur Malik | 5 November 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| Palzor Tamang | 22 February 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Rahul Tamang | 24 January 1994 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||
| Ashish Thapa | 4 January 1994 | Right-handed | ||
| Arun Chettri | 28 October 2002 | Left-handed | ||
| James Lepcha | 24 April 1989 | Right-handed | ||
| Spin bowlers | ||||
| Md. Saptulla | 10 June 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Galpo Sherpa | 23 January 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| Pace bowlers | ||||
| Bijay Prasad | 5 September 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Bhim Luitel | 16 February 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Jeetendra Sharma | 13 December 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Kishan Karki | 16 February 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
Updated as on 2 February 2024
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- ^ "Milind Kumar: from being sidelined in Delhi to 1000 in the Ranji Trophy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
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- ^ "Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2019: Points Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
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