Here's a short profile on controversial Nepal spinner Sandeep Lamichhane, who is playing in Cricket World Cup Qualifiers.
The police arrested Sandeep Lamichhane in October 2022 on charges of raping a 17-year-old in a Kathmandu hotel.
The Nepal spinner denied the charges via a Facebook post and called them 'False' allegations.
A Nepal court grand him bail for NPR 2 million. In February 2023, he returned to play cricket.
Nepal Cricket lifted suspension on Sandeep and he retuend to play again at Cricket World Cup League 2 tri-series.
The Scotland team did fist-bumps and avoided doing handshakes with entire Nepal team in that tournament as a protest.
Initially, Sandeep was not allowed to travel abroad but he can travel now for cricket tournaments.
Sandeep has played in 46 ODI, 40 T20Is, picking up 105 and 78 wickets respectively.
Sandeep has led Nepal across two limited overs formats 32 times.
Sandeep has played in many T20 leagues, including CPL and IPL and Big Bash.