BCB rocked by another round of resignations of directors

Three Bangladesh Cricket Board directors—Saniyan Taneem, Mehrab Alam, and Faiazur Rahman—resigned on Saturday, a BCB official confirmed to Cricbuzz.

Their resignations come just two days after Yasir Mohammed Faysal Ashique stepped down, fueling speculation of growing unrest within the board. The back-to-back departures bring the total resignations in the current BCB board to six.

Earlier, Amzad Hussain resigned citing personal reasons after being removed as chairman of the Media Committee, while Ishtiaque Sadeeque, who headed the Game Development Committee, also stepped down on similar grounds.

A BCB-formed investigation committee is expected to submit its report by April 9, after which the government will decide its next course of action.

Cricbuzz understands an ad hoc committee is being prepared in case the government dissolves the board, with a former captain likely to head the interim setup, expected to comprise 11 members.

Meanwhile, BCB officials said on Saturday they are looking to revive their relationship with the Board of Control for Cricket in India through exchange programmes.

Relations between the BCB and BCCI soured after Bangladesh decided to skip the T20 World Cup citing security concerns. The situation escalated when the BCCI instructed Kolkata Knight Riders to exclude Mustafizur Rahman from their squad following his IPL selection, a move that led the ICC to replace Bangladesh with Scotland in the global event.

Bangladesh's women's tour of India was also cancelled, and uncertainty remains over whether India will travel to Bangladesh for the rescheduled white-ball tour—comprising three ODIs and three T20Is—in September, which had earlier been called off.

The BCB recently sent a letter to the BCCI as part of efforts to repair ties. BCB cricket operations chairman Nazmul Abedin said on Saturday they are hoping for a response soon.

"India is scheduled to come to Bangladesh in September and that's all. The Bangladesh women's team was supposed to go to India which was cancelled. The idea was to schedule the women's tour as well. That was the main content of the letter… besides discussion about further engagements," Nazmul told reporters.

"I would say this was a regular correspondence that we do with all other cricketing nations and I'm expecting a reply, and hopefully we will get a reply from them soon, and depending on that I'll make further communications with BCCI," he said.

While Nazmul insisted they are hopeful of reviving ties, it appears increasingly unlikely the current administration will remain in place long, with the board facing the prospect of dissolution within the week.