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US Embassy denies visa to Cricketer Lamichhane

Kathmandu, 13 August: Nepali cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane’s visa application for the US has been rejected.

Lamicchane, in a tweet, mentioned that his application was rejected by the US Embassy in Kathmandu. The young legspinner, who has been playing for the national squad for the last three years, had applied for an American visa to play in the Caribbean Premier League due to start on September 4. He is supposed to play for Barbados Tridents.

“Being a National Cricket Player representing my country in the various leagues since 2016 around the world, this is a big surprise to me,” he tweeted earlier this morning.

 

Sandeep Lamichhane

@IamSandeep25

Today I visited @USEmbassyNepal to get the visa of USA for the upcoming @CPL 2019 tournament. Being a National Cricket Player representing my country in the various leagues since 2016 around the world, i got big surprise to see my visa got rejected. @PM_Nepal @USAmbNepal

Sandeep Lamichhane

@IamSandeep25

I was smiling and i was literally speechless to see all this, having all the proper documents i got this surprise. Being a sportsperson, its gonna be a bit hard for me to go and participate in @CPL for @BIMTridents @hello_sarkar @PradeepgyawaliK @MofaNepal

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