KATHMANDU: Nepali cricket team's spinner, Sandeep Lamichhane, is all set to play in the ICC T20 World Cup cricket matchs to be held in West Indies.    
Lamichhane will take part in the matches against South Africa and Bangladesh to be held in the West Indies, reads a press statement issued by the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) on Monday.    
After being acquitted by the Patan high Court in a rape case, the cricket association had lifted suspension imposed on him from cricket activities on May 1.    
According to CAN secretary Paras Khadka, Lamichhane has been included in the Nepali team keeping young bowler Pratish GC as a 'traveling reserve'.    
"Although Sandeep has been in Nepal's official team since May 16, he was denied a US visa and will feature only in Nepal's two matches against South Africa and Bangladesh in the West Indies," the press release stated.    
The 2024 Cricket World Cup is being played in the USA and the West Indies. Nepal lost its first match against the Netherlands in the US and will play the second match against Sri Lanka in the US on June 12. After the match, the Nepali team will reach the West Indies to play against South Africa and Bangladesh. -- RSS