Shakib, Tamim incorporated into World XI against West Indies for T20 at Lord's

The International Cricket Council affirmed the consideration of the pair in the squad on Monday.

Other than opening batsman Tamim and best all-rounder Shakib, Pakistan's Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Malik, Sri Lanka's Thisara Perera, and Afghanistan's Rashid Khan have been drafted in the World XI with England's Eoin Morgan as the skipper for the May 31 coordinate at the Lord's.

It cited Tamim as saying, "Cricket is a game which joins individuals, spans holes, and in which players and groups bolster each other.

"This match is a demonstration of this announcement and I am enchanted to have been decided to by and by speak to the ICC World XI for a reason which will just improve cricket a greater and game," he included.

Tamim additionally played for the World XI side in the match against Pakistan in Lahore in September a year ago to get regularity to global cricket the nation.

The ICC said all the more enormous names were probably going to be affirmed in the coming days for the World XI side.

The guarding scene T20 champions West Indies highlight stars like Chris Gayle, Marlon Samuels, Samuel Badree and Andre Russell, with Carlos Brathwaite as the captain.