|| CF Correspondent ||

Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hassan said on Tuesday that they are expecting Virat Kohli to be available for one match that they are expected to organize between Asia XI vs World XI to celebrate the 100th anniversary of father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The two T20 matches are expected to played at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on March 21 and 22.

‘’We have received four names from India. Though we are yet to contract them there will be Rishabh Pant, Kuldip Yadav, Shikhar Dhawan and Mohammad Shami,’’ Nazmul told reporters at Mirpur on Tuesday.

‘’We heard that in one match Virat Kohli and Lokesh Raul will also play though nothing is finalized it but someone will play,’’ he said

‘’We have spoken with Mujeeb ur Rahman and Rashid Khan last night from Afghanistan and soon we will do agreement with them. We have finalized with Sandip Lamichane along with Malinga and Thesera Pereira from Sri Lanka as well,’’ he said

As we have two match we will try to mix and match Bangladesh player in those two game. Certainly there will be Tamim and Mushfiq and also we will have Riyad (Mahmudullah Riyad) and Mustafiz.

‘’Also we might have Liton Das. Position basically matters. Not like our very best player will play, because we might see that in that position there is a better player who can play. It’s tough to say right now about it, after agreement we can say about it briefly,’’ he said.

‘’Whether Shikhar Dhawan will be decided by the team management and we can only have a clear picture only after signing an agreement with them,’’ he said.

Nazmul insisted that there For World XI there will be 3 or 4 player from South Africa like Faf du plessis and others, 3 or 4 player from West Indies like Chris Gayle and others, Jonny Bairstow from England will come while other well known player are going to come.