Sandeep Lamichhane, the Nepal leg-spinner, has claimed that he has been denied a visa to the United States of America (USA) which has put his ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 participation in doubt. Notably, the former Nepal captain was cleared of rape charges recently and was likely to receive a call-up in the national team post being found innocent by the Patan High Court after being sentenced to eight years in prison by a subordinate court.
This is set to be Nepal's maiden appearance at the ICC event and Lamichhane, given his reputation with the ball and his record in whatever international and league cricket he has played, merited a place in the side.
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The 23-year-old took to X to share an old tweet along with which he wrote: "And the @USEmbassyNepal did it again what they did back in 2019, they denied my Visa for the T-20 World Cup happening in USA and West Indies. Unfortunate. I am sorry to all the well wishers of Nepal Cricket. @USAmbNepal @CricketNep," he wrote.
Take a look at his post here:
Nepal Set To Begin T20 World Cup 2024 Campaign On June 4
As far as Nepal are concerned, they are set to begin their T20 World Cup 2024 campaign on June 4 (Tuesday). They will take on Netherlands in their first fixture at the Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas before meeting Sri Lanka on June 11 at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill, Florida.
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Nepal's subsequent two matches of the group stage are against South Africa (June 14) and Bangladesh (June 16). Both these matches are scheduled at the Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St Vincent.