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

13.05.24: In his third match for Barnoldswick CC , Nilesh Lamichaney , Sikkim 's star allrounder has scored an unbeaten 131 runs in 114 balls (18 fours and 3 sixes) against the Baxenden CC . His bowling figure included one wicket in 8 overs with an economy rate of 5.50. Despite the brilliant game, Nilesh Lamichaney was on the losing side. Best wishes champ. Keep it up.

Nilesh Lamichaney , Captain  of the Sikkim Cricket Team,  added another feather to his short cricket career when he grabbed an opportunity to sign a sponsorship contract with the famed BDM Company.  B. D. Mahajan & Sons Private Limited, more popular as BDM, is the world-famous manufacturer of Cricket bats, Cricket Balls, & Cricket Batting pads from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India. He now joins the league of players like MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Ricky Pointing, and others. Captian Nilesh would like to thank BDM, especially Aditya Mahajan and Sanjeev Sharma, through this press release. Nilesh says it was his century and a couple of half-centuries last season that helped him to promote himself on sponsorship. He said that the prestigious contract has given me more responsibility, and I am more focused on my game. He thanked Sanjeev Sharma, coach of Sikkim Cricket Team and former India seamer, for all the support and motivation. He further said he scored his first centu...

PRESS RELEASE The Senior Men’s & Women’s camp for the North East States 2019 will be conducted at Imphal, Manipur and Shillong, Meghalaya respectively from 10 th April to 4 th May 2019 by the National Cricket Academy (NCA), BCCI. Four Ranji players Nilesh Lamichaney, Ashish Thapa, Lee Yong Lepcha and Bibek Diyali from Sikkim have been selected for men’s camp and five senior women players Dichen Ongmu Lepcha, Sunita Rai, Purni Maya Gurung, Pranita Chettri and Tshering Ongmu Lepcha have been selected for women’s camp by the All India Selection Committee. After inclusion of Sikkim as a full member of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2018, this is for the first time the senior players from Sikkim has been called for the NCA camp. National Cricket Academy established in 2000 is a cricket facility of the BCCI for training cricketers who are identified as having the potential to represent the Indian cricket team. Every year NCA sel...