Nepal's former cricket team captain Sandeep Lamichhane convicted of raping a minor

Nepal's former national cricket team captain Sandeep Lamichhane was on Friday convicted by a court of raping a minor.

In January, Nepal court released Lamichhane who was arrested after a 17-year-old girl alleged that he raped her in a hotel room in Kathmandu in August last year.

Lamichhane, 23, is Nepal’s most high-profile cricketer, and the first cricketer from Nepal to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL) when he made his debut for the Delhi Capitals franchise in 2018.

Sandeep Lamichhane played for Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League (IPL).