A court in Nepal found the Himalayan nation's highest profile cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane guilty of raping a teenage girl and fixed January 10 for sentencing.
The 23-year-old has been the face of cricket in Nepal and was the only player from the country to take part in prominent Twenty20 leagues across the world.
He was suspended as Nepal's captain last year and taken into custody after police issued an arrest warrant for him over the assault in 2022. He was later released on bail.
