A series of resignations has hit the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).

After a marathon nine-hour meeting on Saturday, the notices began pouring in by the hour. Within a few hours, four of the board’s directors had resigned. However, the outgoing officials would only say that their decisions were due to personal matters.

The board, which formed last October after polls, is not even six months old. But already, seven of the 25 elected director have now left.

On Jan 24, Ishtiaque Sadeque, the chairman of the game development committee, resigned. On Mar 23, Amjad Hossain left his post as director after being removed from the post of chairman of the board's media committee. On Thursday, Yasir Mohammed Faysal Ashique, the chairman of the logistics and protocol committee, departed.

Amid these exits, a board of directors meeting was held on Saturday. Director Faiazur Rahman, who attended the lengthy session meeting, sent in his resignation letter afterwards.

Even at the press conference following the board meeting, the news of four fresh resignations was making the rounds. Mokhsedul Kamal, BCB director and head of the board’s media and communications committee, said the directors had left citing personal matters.

"Those who resigned did so for their personal reasons,” he said. “Today as well, we have come to know through you that a director (Faiazur) has resigned, although he was present at the meeting. He has done a lot for cricket."

"You have seen that those who resigned have resigned for their personal reasons. So, it is their personal matter. The one you are talking about today was also in the meeting with us. We came to know through the news you published after the meeting that he has resigned. He has sent an email. Those who have resigned, including him, have played a considerable role at the BCB and for cricket."

Following the hour-long press conference, more departures came to light. Shanian Taneem Naveen, head of the facilities committee, and Mehrab Alam Chowdhury, head of the security committee, resigned. News that Manjur Alam, chair of the medical committee, had resigned came in late at night.

At the press conference, BCB Director and Women’s Wing head Rubaba Dowla claimed there was no disruption or unrest within the board over the resignations. Many plans and decisions would be made in the future, she said.

Another BCB director, Iftekhar Rahman, acknowledged that the resignation of so many directors was not normal, but was unwilling to go into the details.

"Why should I say it is normal?” he said. “It is not normal. However, each one did it for his own personal reasons... If some incident had occurred and I saw them resign in the wake of that incident, that is one thing... It is not like they discussed the matter and resigned together. I asked them personally, and they said it was for personal reasons."