The National Sports Council (NSC) formed a three-member fact-finding committee to investigate the non-payment of players in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League T20 (BPL), an NSC release confirmed on Wednesday.

The NSC director will work as the convenor of the committee, the personal secretary of the NSC chairman its member, with the deputy director acting as the member secretary. They have been asked to submit their findings within the next seven working days.

"The NSC has taken into notice several reports in the media about the payment of players in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League. If players are not paid in due time then it could tarnish the reputation of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, Bangladesh Premier League and the country," the NSC release said.

The ongoing 11th edition of the BPL has been plagued by the non-payment of players. Most of the violations in that regard have been made by Durbar Rajshahi as their players boycotted a practice session in Chattogram, and all their foreign recruits refused to play a match in Dhaka after not being paid. Chittagong Kings have also withheld payments of national opener Parvez Hossain Emon.