Bangladesh Cricketer Shakib Al Hasan 'Honoured To Meet PM Modi'

PM Modi meets the young achievers of Bangladesh as part of his recent visit to Dhaka. Here, he also met Shakib al Hasan who felt 'honoured' to meet the Indian PM.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a two day visit to Bangladesh. This is PM's first official visit to a foreign country after the Covid-19 pandemic. The Indian PM has many things lined up on his visit to Bangladesh. He also met Bangladesh's young acihevers in Dhaka. Here, he met Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan as well. 

Shakib was appalled after meeting India's Prime Minister. He was quoted by ANI saying: "Really honoured to meet PM Modi. I think his visit will be fruitful for both countries. Leadership he had shown for India is tremendous. I hope he'll continue to help grow India in future & our relation with India will get better day by day."

Apart from Shakib, PM Modi met 'Muktijodhas', the liberation war fighters of Bangladesh, and young achievers of Bangladesh in Dhaka.

Shakib is going to be part of the Indian Premier League (IPL). He will play in the Kolkata Knight Riders side in the IPL 2021. After a lot of disagreements with the BCB, Shakib finally got the nod from his board to participate in the IPL. Actually, the all-rounder had decided that he will skip the Bangladesh-Sri Lanka series to play in the IPL. Recently, BCB cricket operations chairman, Akram Khan and Shakib al Hasan have been standing on the two opposite ends of an aisle on the issue of Shakib playing in the IPL. 

Finally, on Thursday Shakib's NOC was Upheld by the Bangladesh Cricket Board. Shakib will play in KKR under the leadership of Eoin Morgan.