Two Bangladesh origin celebrated footballers–English Premier League playing footballer Hamza Dewan Chowdhury and Canadian national team booter Shamit Shome are expected to play for Bangladesh in two matches.
Bangladesh will play Group C matches AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers against Hong Kong on October 9 in Dhaka while they will play their away match, also with Hong Kong on October 14 in Hong Kong.
Earlier, Bangladesh played a goalless draw with hosts India in their first Group C match in the Indian city of Shillong and lost to higher ranked Singapore by 1-2 in the 2nd group match at home on June 10 in Dhaka despite the presence of Bangladesh origin two celebrated footballers Hamza and Shamit.
Bangladesh (ranked 183) played 28 matches with Nepal (ranked 175) where Bangladesh won 14 matches, lost nine matches and the five matches ended in draws.