NEW DELHI: Nepal’s star cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane introduced on Wednesday that the US embassy had denied him a visa for the upcoming T20 World Cup, the place he hoped to make a comeback following his acquittal in a rape case.
This denial marks a big setback for Lamichhane, the one Nepalese cricketer to have performed within the IPL. He was arrested in September 2022 on allegations of raping an 18-year-old lady, later launched on bail, and remained suspended from home and worldwide cricket.
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Only a week in the past, the 23-year-old leg-spinner was acquitted by an appeals court docket, prompting the ICC to permit the Nepal cricket board so as to add him to the World Cup squad.
“The @USEmbassyNepal did it once more, similar to in 2019, denying my visa for the T20 World Cup within the USA and West Indies. Unlucky. I’m sorry to all of the well-wishers of Nepal Cricket,” Lamichhane posted on X, referencing a earlier visa denial in 2019 when he aimed to compete within the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
This denial marks a big setback for Lamichhane, the one Nepalese cricketer to have performed within the IPL. He was arrested in September 2022 on allegations of raping an 18-year-old lady, later launched on bail, and remained suspended from home and worldwide cricket.
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Only a week in the past, the 23-year-old leg-spinner was acquitted by an appeals court docket, prompting the ICC to permit the Nepal cricket board so as to add him to the World Cup squad.
“The @USEmbassyNepal did it once more, similar to in 2019, denying my visa for the T20 World Cup within the USA and West Indies. Unlucky. I’m sorry to all of the well-wishers of Nepal Cricket,” Lamichhane posted on X, referencing a earlier visa denial in 2019 when he aimed to compete within the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
Nepal, gearing up for his or her second T20 World Cup, are positioned in Group D alongside South Africa, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and the Netherlands. In Lamichhane’s absence, the group has been led by batting all-rounder Rohit Paudel.
Cricket Affiliation of Nepal president Chatur Bahadur Chand not too long ago talked about that they have been wanting so as to add Lamichhane to the World Cup squad.
In his profession, Lamichhane has taken 112 wickets in 51 ODIs and is near reaching the 100-wicket milestone in T20 internationals, having taken 98 wickets in 52 T20Is.
(Inputs from PTI)
