Melbourne Stars Sign Up Sandeep Lamichhane For BBL 2018-19

Continuing his remarkable rise, Nepal sensation Sandeep Lamichhane has now signed up for Big Bash League (BBL) outfit Melbourne Stars for the upcoming season.

The leg-spinner is likely to play the competition Down Under in two parts. He is expected to join the squad by December 10, after which he will play the entire edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). Lamichhane will join Stars on December 10 before flying out to play the full tournament in the Bangladesh Premier League for Sylhet Sixers starting from January 5. He will then  return to Australia for the remaining BBL games.

Playing for a country which is still trying to find its feet in the game, Lamichhane has been an absolute revelation. The highly-rated leg-spinner has already plied his trade in several T20I competition across the globe.

In 2018, Lamichhane was the first player from Nepal to be part of the Indian Premier League (IPL) when Delhi Daredevils signed him for Rs 20 Lakh. Since then, he has played for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, Kowloon Cantons and Montreal Tigers. He will now add more two clubs to his kitty in the form of Sixers and Stars.

Lamichhane first shot to the limelight when he was the second-highest wicket-taker at the Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh in 2016. He had finished the competition  with 14 wickets including a 5 for 27 against Ireland.

He also has experience of playing in Australia. The Nepal star had trained under the watchful eye of former Australian skipper Michael Clarke while playing grade cricket Down Under.

“I first saw Sandeep bowl for Nepal in the Asian U19 Championships in Malaysia and was immediately impressed by both his skill as a wrist spinner and also his energy. I watched Matt bowl for Lancashire in the Vitality Blast this season where he helped them reach the semi finals with some dominant performances,” said Melbourne Stars list manager, Trent Woodhill.

“Lamichhane had a successful IPL debut for Delhi and bowled well in the CPL. We have high expectations that he will light up the BBL and become a star of the tournament,” he added.