Mani to tour Dhaka as ICC official

LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ehsan Mani will be touring Dhaka, Bangladesh during which there is a strong possibility of positive progress on Pakistan and Bangladesh series in Pakistan later this month.

According to reports, Mani is touring as the ICC commercial and finance head, not as PCB chairman. Mani will be visiting the country and will be accompanied by Manu Sawhney, Chief executive of ICC.

Although the visit will be entirely on ICC matters it might be possible that on the sideline meetings, the talks would take place with BCB officials.

According to reports, the BCB invited the ICC officials to watch the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) scheduled final match on January 17, but it cannot be said with certainty that both Sawhney and Mani will see the match or their visit is scheduled later. It should be noted that the series is yet to be finalized whether it will be played here or at a neutral venue because of Pakistan’s strong stance on a scheduled tour of Bangladesh to Pakistan this month.