Paras Khadka is a Nepali cricketer, and the current captain of the Nepal
national cricket team. All-rounder Paras is a right-handed batsman, a
right-arm medium-fast bowler, and an occasional off break bowler.
In light of the ongoing court case involving the Cricket Association of
Nepal (CAN) and the Ad hoc Committee established by the Nepalese
National Sports Council (NSC), which has led to a vacuum of cricket
leadership in Nepal, the Board suspended the Membership of CAN for
breach of Article 2.9 of the ICC’s Articles of Association, which
prohibits government interference and requires free and fair elections.
The suspension means that CAN will not be entitled to receive any ICC
funding. However, the Board, in its absolute discretion and considering
that the players should not suffer due to this suspension, decided that
the Nepal cricket teams would be able to continue to feature in ICC
events. ICC management will also now work with the Nepalese cricket
community, and other stakeholders, in order to assist with the
development of a sustainable governance and administration structure for
cricket in Nepal. The Board maintained that it doesn’t accept
government interference in the affairs of its Members as it wants all
its Members to work independently with the best intentions of promoting
and developing the game in their respective territories in accordance
with the ICC’s objectives and strategy. It added that until such time as
the CAN becomes free of government interference and is properly
structured to begin exploiting the tremendous cricket talent and
opportunities that exist in Nepal, the membership of CAN will remain
suspended.Source
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