Proud to be a Sikkimese: Sikkim Travel, Culture & Local Heritage

Cricket fans in Sikkim fondly remember Milind Kumar , a Delhi-based batsman who made history for their state. He joined the Sikkim cricket team as a guest player and set a new record during the Ranji Trophy 2018-19 season, scoring an incredible 1,331 runs. This achievement made him the highest run-scorer of that season and a local hero. Milind's stellar performance caught the attention of many. In 2019, he was chosen to play for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Over his career, he played 46 First-Class (FC) matches, 65 List A matches , and 61 T20 matches . In 2021, Milind announced his retirement from Indian cricket and decided to follow in the footsteps of former India Under-19 captain Unmukt Chand and other Indian players like Smit Patel , Harmeet Singh , and Siddarth Trivedi . He signed with Minor League Cricket in the USA . In June 2023, Milind's cricketing prowess earned him a spot with the Texas Super Kings during the inaugural...

Milind Kumar secured his place in All-Time Top Five run-scorer in the Ranji Trophy Season today after scoring 117 runs in the first innings and 127 not out in the second innings against Meghalaya in Round 8 of a Plate Division, Ranji Trophy Match played at KIITS Cricket Stadium, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.   He beat Wasim Jaffer’s record of 1,260 runs in a season with a run and placed himself in fifth position. VVS Laxman is leading with 1415 runs, Shreyas Iyer (1321), Priyank Panchal (1310), Vijay Bharadwaj (1280), Milind Kumar (1261).   Milind is 154 runs short of breaking all the past records with one match to play before the Ranji Trophy Season ends for Sikkim.   So far Sikkim has played 7 matches and won three, one drawn and lost 3 games with Milind scoring 261 against Manipur, 224 against Nagaland, 133 against Uttarakhand, 13 & 13 against Bihar, 96 & 77* against Puducherry, 139 against Mizoram and 117 & 127* against Meghalaya. “I would like to tha...

Bipul Sharma , Ishwar Chaudhary , and Milind Kumar signing contracts with the Sikkim Cricket Association When I first heard about Milind Kumar ’s entry into the Sikkim Cricket team for the Ranji Trophy 2018 from Roshan Prasad, my good old friend who is now associated with the Sikkim Cricket Association, I was wondering why did not the Sikkim Cricket Association did not rope in a popular face that could have motivated the entire team. But his performance in just six games for Sikkim has forced me to reconsider my decision about him. MILIND KUMAR Milind Kumar, along with Bipul Sharma and Ishwar Chaudhary are the professional players drafted for the Sikkim team after its dismal show at the Vijay Hazare Tournament 2018 where Sikkim lost all eight matches. This year also marked Sikkim’s entry into the List A cricket tournament in India. Sikkim is among nine new state teams to participate in these tournaments. To add to the dismay, Sikkim lost its first match at Vijay Hazar...

Sikkim won their Ranji Trophy match against Mizoram today at Jorhat DSA Stadium , Jorhat, Assam . With this win, Sikkim has won three matches so far in the tournament and leading the team in the third position in the point(s) table with 19 points (s). The match started on 14 th  December when Mizoram won the toss and was elected to field first. In the first innings, Sikkim scored 332 runs in 89.5 overs. Milind Kumar top-scored for Sikkim with 139 runs, Bipul Sharma with 50 runs, Ashish Thapa with 42 runs and Jahan Uddin with 35 runs, to total. It was a decent total scored by Sikkim in the first innings. Not only the batsman but even the bowlers took the crucial role, they restricted the opponent for just 161 runs, in which Ishwar Chaudhary took 5 wickets, Bipul Sharma and Milind Kumar 2 wickets each and Dinesh Rai 1 wicket.   In Second Innings Sikkim decided to take the lead and scored 170 runs which put the side on a lead of 341 runs. Which top scorer was Bi...