Kathmandu, March 22
Representatives from the IPL franchise Delhi Daredevils have unveiled the jersey they have chosen for Nepal’s leggie Sandeep Lamicchane, who is to play the biggest T20 league in the world this season.
Although Prime Minister KP Oli was expected do the honours, Nepal Sports Council Member-Secretary Keshav Bista unveiled the jersey on behalf of the Delhi-based team. The Daredevils’ Hemant Dua handed over the jersey to Lamichhane, who was sold to the franchise for INR 2 million.
We had been keeping an eye on Sandeep for over a year, said Dua. The Daredevils’ CEO said that Lamichhane was selected because the team’s coach Ricky Ponting was impressed by Lamichhane, who will sport the number 1 jersey in the tournament. Dua said that Lamichhane himself chose the number.
Dua said that Lamichhane’s performance in the upcoming camps would determine whether he will make it to the playing XI or not.
