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

Sikkim defeated Manipur by 8 wickets in its first-ever Ranji Trophy match held on the soil of Sikkim. The two captains of the Sikkim Cricket Team and the Manipur Cricket Team There were many personal bests from the match, Nilesh Lamichanay scoring 74 (113) with 13 fours was a gem of the inning and won him Man of the Match . His 100-plus run partnership with Pankaj Rawat who scored 72 (157) was the base of the Sikkim win. Palzor Tamang claimed the first fifer at SICA ground was equally supported by Sumit Singh 's four wickets in the Manipur second innings. The playing eleven of the Sikkim Men's Team that played the first Ranji Trophy held on Sikkim's soil against Manipur The Manipur Men's Team playing eleven that played the first Ranji Trophy was held on Sikkim soil against Sikkim On the other hand, Manipur will always remember this game thanks to debutant Jotin Pheiroijam , who took 9 wickets in the first innings, thus making a name in the record books. Ronald Lo...

Sikkim played in its second match of the ongoing Ranji Trophy at Eden Gardens, Kolkata against Bihar from 24 th  February to 27 th  February 2022. The match which seemed dominated by Bihar in its first innings turned the other way around which saw Sikkim take the first-innings lead gaining 3 point(s) and drawing the match. Sikkim won the toss and chose to field first. In the first innings,  Bihar declared their innings with a total of 431 runs for the loss of 9 wickets . Sikkim bowlers were spearheaded by Palzor Tamang who took 3 wickets, Nitesh Kr. Gupta took 2 wickets and 1 wicket each by Karthik C.A , Lee Yong Lepcha & Sumit Singh . Sikkim struggled a bit by losing early wickets but Liyan Khan took the charge by scoring 75 runs along with the captain Kranthi Kumar with 287 runs and local boy Ashish Thapa with 151 runs. Sumit Singh’s 56 runs and Ankur ’s 50 runs also added to the total for a mammoth score of 673 runs for the loss of 8 wickets and declaring...

The first win of the season in Ranji Trophy came along the way of Sikkim in a match against Manipur on 29 th January at Vikash Cricket Ground, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha. Sikkim won the match by 232 runs, earning 6 Point(s) for the win. With this win, Sikkim is standing with 10 Point(s) in the team standing table with one win and two draws. The match was started on 27 th January with Manipur winning the toss and choosing to field first. Sikkim scored 169 runs in the first innings of which highest run was scored by Lee Yong Lepcha (45), as the Manipur had a good bowling line-up with Rex Singh taking 4 wickets, Thomas 3 wickets, Bishworjit 2 wickets and Priyojit 1 wicket. It was the vital partnership between Palzor and Lee Yong of 69 runs that help Sikkim to a decent total. Thou, Sikkim had low total on the board but the bowlers showed a good game by restricting the opponent to just 91 runs and maintaining the lead of 78 runs in the first innings. Ishwar Chaudhary took a bril...

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...

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...

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...