DHAKA: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is toying with the idea of sending Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh for Team India’s tour to Bangladesh next month, reports Mail Today.

A senior BCCI official told that it is too early to confirm whether the quartet will go to Bangladesh, talks have been going on to give them a sendoff that their services to Indian cricket deserve.

"What they have done for Team India in the past decade will be hard to match. But as is the case with every sport, time does catch up with you. So we are thinking about giving them an opportunity to go to Bangladesh and sign off on a high.... Some people may term it an emotional decision, but so what? But yes, the idea needs the approval of national selectors," he said.

The squad is to be selected on May 20 in Mumbai. The tour starts with the Test in Fatullah on June 10 and ends with a day-night ODI in Mirpur on June 24.

Asked if the stalwarts will be selected for the entire series, the BCCI official said: "That would depend on the selectors. It could very well be that some of the players are picked just for the Test match while the others are picked for the ODI series."

The prevailing feeling in the Board seems to be that India, irrespective of the team it sends, will be too strong for Bangladesh.

Bangladesh have made significant improvement in cricket. Tigers made to the quarter-finals of this year's World Cup, at the expense of England, and blanked Pakistan 3-0 in an ODI series at home ground.

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