Kathmandu, Jan. 5 -- As part of the build-up to the ICC Men's T20 World Cup starting next month, the trophy tour reached the Nepali capital Kathmandu as part of its global journey.

The tour, which was launched last year from Adam's Bridge, where a two-seater paramotor ascended into the sky carrying the trophy against the dramatic backdrop of India's southern coastline, made a stopover in Kathmandu on Monday.

The symbolic start of the tour from Adam's Bridge, culturally revered as Ram Setu in India and serving as a symbolic gateway between India and Sri Lanka, was highlighted in Kathmandu during a ceremony held late in the evening.

Earlier in the afternoon, Nepali President Ram Chandra Paudel unveiled the trophy at his office, Sheetal N...