Sandeep Lamichhane

Sandeep Lamichhane
सन्दीप लामिछाने
Personal information
Full name Sandeep Lamichhane
Born (2000-08-02) 2 August 2000
Aruchaur, Syangja, Nepal
Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Leg break Googly
Role Bowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 6) 1 August 2018 v Netherlands
Last ODI 30 August 2018 v UAE
T20I debut (cap 20) 31 May 2018 v West Indies
Last T20I 29 July 2018 v Netherlands
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2016 Kowloon Cantoons
2016 Western Suburbs
2018–present Delhi Daredevils (squad no. 1)
2018–present St Kitts and Nevis Patriots (squad no. 25)
2018 Montreal Tigers
2018–present Nangarhar
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I LA T20
Matches 3 2 24 7
Runs scored 11 4 36 4
Batting average 4.50 – 6.00 –
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 8 4* 14* 4*
Balls bowled 180 30 1,295 108
Wickets 8 0 50 7
Bowling average 13.37 - 17.18 30.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/24 – 5/20 3/36
Catches/stumpings 0/- 0/– 8/– 0/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 August 2018

Sandeep Lamichhane (Nepali: सन्दीप लामिछाने; born 2 August 2000) is a Nepalese cricketer who plays for the Nepal national team.[1][2] A right-handed leg spin bowler, Lamichhane plays for Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League. He is the first Nepalese cricketer to get a contract and play in the Indian Premier League.[3][4] He made his international debut in a Twenty20 International (T20I) match against the West Indies, where he represented a World XI side. He became the first cricketer to make a full international debut representing a combined team.[5] He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Nepal's first ever One Day International (ODI) match, against the Netherlands, in August 2018.

Early life

Sandeep Lamichhane was born on 2 August 2000 in Aruchaur, Syangja, Nepal. During his childhood, he considered Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne as his cricketing idols.[6] Then he moved to Chitwan district and started training at Chitwan Cricket Academy which is run by former captain Raju Khadka. During a visit of current skipper Paras Khadka and former coach of Nepal Pubudu Dasanayake, Sandeep was told to bowl in the nets. They picked him straight to the national camp for under19.

Early career

He made his List A debut in the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship on 16 April 2016 against Namibia.[7] Prior to his List A debut, he was named in Nepal's under-19 squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[8][9] In their 2nd match against Ireland U-19 team in the tournament, he took a hat-trick in the 32nd over of the match claiming the wickets of Lorcan Tucker, Adam Dennison and Fiachra Tucker.[10] He became the fifth bowler to take a hat-trick in the under-19 world cup history.[6] He was adjudged man of the match for completing the innings with his tournament's best bowling figures of 5/27.[10] In the 5th place playoff match against Pakistan U-19 team, he took bowling figures of 3/53.[11] In the 7th place playoff match against Namibia U-19 team, he took bowling figures of 3/35.[12] He finished the tournament as second highest wicket taker with 14 wickets at an average of 17.07 and strike rate of 21.9.[13] In September 2016 Lamichhane received a letter from former Australian captain Michael Clarke, inviting him to play at the Sydney-based Western Suburbs District Cricket Club.[14] In 2017 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup, he took bowling figures of 5/8 which restricted Malaysia U-19 team to total runs of 45. He was named the man of the match.[15]

T20 franchise cricket

In January 2018, he was included in the list of players for auction in the 2018 Indian Premier League where his base price is ₹20 lakhs.[16] He was bought by Delhi Daredevils at his base price and became the first Nepalese cricketer to get a contract in the Indian Premier League.[3]

In March 2018, He was drafted to play for the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in Caribbean Premier League for $5000.[17][18]

In May 2018, he made his T20 debut playing for the Delhi Daredevils in the 2018 Indian Premier League (IPL), thereby becoming the first Nepalese cricketer to play in the IPL. He took a wicket for 25 runs on his debut match against Royal Challengers Bangalore.[19] In the tournament he took five wickets in three matches with 16.4 bowling average. Prior to his IPL debut, after receiving a surprise contract from the Delhi Daredevils in the IPL, Indian Prime minister Narendra Modi praised Lamichhane by hinting that the relationship between India and Nepal have been maintained perfectly even through cricket, because of the 17 year old boy Sandeep Lamichhane.[20][21]

On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Montreal Tigers in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[22][23] In the tournament he took eight wickets in five matches at an average of 19.62.[24]

In September 2018, he was named in Nangarhar's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[25]

International career

In January 2018, he was named in Nepal's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.[26] In their opening match against Namibia, he was adjudged man of the match for his bowling figures of 4/18 in 8.2 overs.[27] He also shared crucial final wicket partnership of 18 runs with Basanta Regmi to win the match by 1 wicket.[28] In the third match against the United Arab Emirates, he took 3/30 with fellow bowler Sompal Kami who took 4/30 to help reduce the opponent to 114 runs.[29] In the fourth match against Kenya, he took his first five wicket haul in List A cricket, with 5/20, and was named the man of the match.[30] In the final of the tournament, the UAE scored 277 runs losing 4 wickets in 50 overs. In reply, Nepal scored 270 for 8 wickets, losing by seven runs.[31]

Lamichhane was awarded with ICC World Cricket League Division Two Player of the tournament award because of his economical bowling and most wickets taken in that tournament by any player. He took 17 wickets in six matches.[32]

In February 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named Lamichhane as one of the ten players to watch ahead of the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament.[33] Following the conclusion of the Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament, the ICC also named Lamichhane as the rising star of Nepal's squad.[34]

In May 2018, he was added to the ICC Rest of the World XI team, for the Twenty20 International (T20I) match against the West Indies at Lord's.[35] On 31 May 2018, he was named in the starting eleven for the Rest of the World team, therefore making his T20I debut.[36]

In July 2018, he was named in Nepal's squad for their One Day International (ODI) series against the Netherlands.[37] These were Nepal's first ODI matches since gaining ODI status during the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.[38] Ahead of the ODI matches, the ICC named him as the key player for Nepal.[39] On 29 July 2018, he made his T20I debut for Nepal, in the third match of the 2018 MCC Tri-Nation Series, against the Netherlands.[40] He made his ODI debut for Nepal against the Netherlands on 1 August 2018.[41]

In August 2018, he was named in Nepal's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament.[42] In October 2018, he was named in Nepal's squad in the Eastern sub-region group for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier tournament.[43] He was the leading wicket-taker during the tournament, with 24 dismissals in six matches.[44][45]

Awards

  • NNIPA Best Youth Player of the year 2017.[46]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Sandeep Lamichhane Profile - ICC Ranking, Age, Career Info & Stats". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Sandeep Lamichhane, the first Nepalese to get IPL contract". Times Of India. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
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  6. 1 2 Ananthasubramanian, Vignesh Madridista. "Weaving a web from Syangja to Sydney, Sandeep Lamichhane has set his sights on IPL". Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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  8. ↑ "All 16 squads confirmed for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2016". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "Lamichhane: Nepal's right-arm leg-break googly bowler". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  10. 1 2 "13th Match, Group D, ICC Under-19 World Cup at Fatullah, Jan 30 2016 - Match Summary - ESPNCricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  11. ↑ "5th Place Play-off Semi-Final, ICC Under-19 World Cup at Fatullah, Feb 9 2016 - Match Summary - ESPNCricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  12. ↑ "7th Place Play-off, ICC Under-19 World Cup at Fatullah, Feb 11 2016 - Match Summary - ESPNCricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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  37. ↑ "Nepal spinner Shakti Gauchan to retire after Netherlands tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
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  39. ↑ "Full of hope, Nepal get ready for historic ODI debut". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
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  41. ↑ "1st ODI, Nepal tour of England and Netherlands at Amstelveen, Aug 1 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
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  43. ↑ "Exciting battle on the cards in the ICC World T20 Asia Qualifier B in Malaysia". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
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