Kathmandu, October 5
The International Cricket Council has formally proposed names of people it wants on the to-be-formed advisory committee to review Cricket Association Nepal’s charter, and to come up with a proposal to form a new board in Nepal.
According to multiple sources, the ICC has proposed former CAN President Binay Raj Pandey, Ministry of Sports Joint Secretary Chudamani Sharma, former CAN Vice-president Deepak Koirala, former skipper Pawan Agrawal, Sports Council’s Rohit Dahal and businessman Basant Chaudhary as members of the committee.
The ICC’s Ammar Sheikh is likely to lead the committee as it coordinator.
According to one of the proposed members, the ICC and the NSC are working on the body’s terms of reference, and a a formal announcement would to be made soon.
It has been learnt the the global governing body of the sport presented the proposal to Nepal’s National Sports Council. This comes few weeks after the ICC’s CEO David Richardson came to Nepal and held talks with local stakeholders. Richardson during his visit, had announced that the ICC would form the committee within two weeks.
Nepal’s Cricket Association was suspended by the ICC in April this year citing government interference in the administration of the sport in the country.
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