Dubai: The ICC has welcomed the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) central elections, which were conducted during its recently concluded AGM in Kathmandu which was inaugurated by the country's Minister for Youth and Sports, Jagat Bahadur Sunar Bishwakarma.
The elections were overseen by the Independent Panel formed under the provisions of the CAN constitution and comprised three ICC nominated representatives, Ammar Shaikh, Senior Manager - Strategic Projects, Muhammad Ali, Head of Internal Audit and Niteesha Kothari, Finance and Operations Officer - Asia along with Lekh Bahadur Chhetri nominated by the National Sports Council and Thakur Pratap Thapa nominated by the CAN Central Working Committee.
The elections were conducted more than three years after Nepal's national cricket body was suspended in 2016 for breach of the ICC's regulations. IANS