CPN-Maoist secretary CP Gajurel has claimed that he has not passed any derogatory remark against Nepalese cricket as reported in the media.

Issuing a statement Sunday, Gajurel said the media ‘distorted’ his speech delivered in a program in Kathmandu Saturday.

“During my speech, I had actually congratulated the Nepalese cricket team which performed well in the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup in Bangladesh,” Gajurel said in the statement. “I have not spoken anything that insults the Nepalese cricketers,” he added.

Gajurel, who also chairs his party’s foreign affairs department, said, the word ‘absurdity’ which he used in his speech to describe contemporary Nepalese politics, was misinterpreted by media.

“It’s wrong that the media interpreted the word ‘absurdity’ in the context of cricket. It was used for politics actually,” he said.

“I’m extremely distressed, as the feeling of all cricket lovers and cricketers has been hurt due to this ill-publicity,” Gajurel added.

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