Sandeep: "I am innocent, will return Nepal after playing CPL"

KATHMANDU, Sep 8: Sandeep Lamichhane, captain of Nepal’s National Cricket Team, who has been accused of raping a 17 years old girl has maintained that he is innocent. 

According to Prasant Bikram Malla, acting secretary of the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN), Sandeep said that he is innocent and will return to Nepal after playing the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

“When I asked him to return, he (Sandeep) maintained that he will return once the CPL concludes,” said Malla.

According to Malla, the International Cricket Council and the Asian Cricket Council have also expressed their concerns regarding the case.