Dhaka, May 30 -- The National Sports Council (NSC) has cancelled Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Faruque Ahmed's candidacy as director, potentially pulling the plug on his nine-month old presidency.

The Ministry of Youth and Sports announced the decision in a statement released at 11pm on Thursday, citing a no-confidence motion by eight BCB directors and the findings of a fact-finding committee on the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).

Faruque, who was appointed as an NSC-nominated director following the fall of the Awami League government, had been elected BCB president just nine months ago.

But with the cancellation of his directorship, he no longer meets the BCB's constitutional requirement that the president must be elected ...