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Manoj Prabhakar, one of India’s greatest all-rounders, has been appointed as Nepal's head coach, the Cricket Association of Nepal confirmed the news on Monday. Prabhakar replaces Pubudu Dassanayake, who resigned from the position in July citing personal reasons to take up a similar job in Canada.

Oman will host Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier A starting from February 18 when the hosts will play against Nepal in the tournament opener. The tournament will feature eight teams and the two teams that will play the final will advance to Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia later this year.

Veteran Nepal cricketer Paras Khadka has relinquished his captaincy just a day after his country's readmission by the ICC as Full Members. Khadka, who has represented Nepal in 33 international matches, made headlines last month after becoming the first Nepalese player to hit a T20I hundred.

The ICC board meeting in Dubai brought happy news for Zimbabwe and Nepal have been reinstated as Members of ICC on Monday (October 14). Zimbabwe Cricket, which was suspended in July this year, will be allowed to take part in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in January and the ICC Super League in 2020.