Shashank Manohar, the International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman and former Indian cricket board (BCCI) president, reached Bangladesh on a three-day visit on Wednesday.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) media committee chairman Jalal Younus confirmed the news to Dhaka Tribune on Wednesday saying: “Shashank Manohar has reached Dhaka a few moments ago and he plans to watch the final of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) live from the stadium.”
The BCB had invited Manohar to come and watch the final of the BPL in Mirpur and the ICC chairman obliged.
Manohar will spend a busy day on Thursday starting with a visit to the National Martyrs Monument in Savar in the morning to pay homage to the martyrs of the 1971 War of Liberation.
The ICC chairman will pay a courtesy call on honourable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban in the evening before attending an official reception hosted by the BCB in his honour.
On Friday morning, Manohar will offer his respects to the memory of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhanmondi.
And in the evening the ICC chairman will witness the final of the BPL at the Sher-e-Bangla national stadium.
It is being speculated that there may be more cricketing agenda and matters of discussion between the BCB and Manohar during his visit.