Dhaka, Aug. 18 -- Sathira Jakir Jessy is on the way to history as she will act as an umpire in the upcoming ICC ODI World Cup. She is the first Bangladeshi female umpire, who is going to earn the feat. Though she did not get official announcement from International Cricket Council (ICC), the highest body of world cricket but she has got green signal from ICC. When she got offer from ICC, Sathira Jakir Jessy was staying in Makkah, the holy city of Saudi Arabia. Jessy said, " I was in Makkah when I got green signal from ICC. I was crying after getting the good news as I was highly delighted after knowing that news."Jessy expected that she would get chance to officiate as an umpire in the recently concluded ICC T20 World Cup. She is very gla...
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