The cricket governing body was likely to receive the grant from the profit earned from the 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012 Asia Cups. Since it failed to claim the money by presenting a professional proposal within the given deadline, the amount has been frozen. The ACC had asked CAN to claim the grant within August 21.

According to a source, CAN emailed an unprofessional proposal to the regional cricket governing body, merely listing out the estimated budget. The Post has obtained a copy of it. On June 28, the ACC replied to CAN to send an amended proposal.

“ACC seeks a professional presentation before releasing the fund. It requires a complete outline of the plans for budget illustrated by drawings and sketches,” said the source.

“But what it received from CAN is nothing but a list of plans along with budget estimation. It seems no one there is able to handle these things. Since there is no record of the amended proposal, the grant now has gone to the ACC reserve fund,” added the source.

CAN Acting General Secretary Uttam Karmacharya admitted that the ACC had asked for an amended proposal but ruled out losing the grant.

“We forwarded an amended proposal as required by the ACC before the deadline,” said Karmacharya, adding that the current crisis situation in the cricket governing body is to blame for the failure to acquire the Asia Cup grant.

“The ACC releases the grant once we start working on our proposal and submit our progress report. But after the government suspended CAN, our bank accounts have been frozen and we’re not able to continue with the plans submitted to the ACC. We cannot prepare a progress report unless we get to work on our plans,” Karmacharya told the Post.

Out of the total grant of $537,000, the then president Binay Raj Pandey had got $66,000 and the current elected committee recently received $62,900.

Pandey leads the ad-hoc committee formed by the government but has been barred by the Supreme Court to perform his duties. With one committee suspended and the other barred from working, Nepali cricket currently has a non-existent governing body.

The elected committee was fined $84,000 in 2012 by the International Cricket Council for failing to submit a quarterly financial report.