Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reached Kolkata to watch the second Test match of a two-match Test series between Bangladesh and India that will begin at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Friday.

A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:15 am on Friday, reports UNB.

The flight landed at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata at 10:40 am.

The much-hyped day-night Test will begin at Eden Gardens at 1:30 pm (BST). Bangladesh and India will play their maiden Test match where the pink ball will be used for the first time of any Test cricket match of the two neighbours.

Indian Premier Narendra Modi has formally invited Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to attend the historic day-night Test match, reports BSS.

 Sheikh Hasina will go to the Eden Gardens around 12:30 pm local time where she along with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will ring the ceremonial bell for the opening of the Test match between Bangladesh and India.

After the first day’s match, she will join a short cultural function that will be followed by a felicitation programme to be arranged by the Cricket Association of Bengal at the ground of the Eden Gardens Stadium.

The prime minister is scheduled to be back in Dhaka by 11:30 pm.

Earlier, President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Sourav Ganguly invited Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to watch the second Test match in Kolkata.