"If selected, I'll definitely go. I'm pretty happy with everything and really looking forward to it," Ali said on Saturday (September 3). "Everyone's different and has their own views on things - and as a team, you back other's decisions. It's up to the individual. There's no pressure on anyone - it's up to that person and how he feels.
"My view is you're not safe anywhere these days. I think you can be anywhere and still not safe. I totally understand, and I back every decision people make," the 29-year old all-rounder added.
His announcement came just a day after Jonny Bairstow hinted at his willingness to be a part of the team, saying that he has 'a lot of faith' in the security advice given by Reg Dickason, England and Wales Cricket Board's (ECB) head of security.
"I've not made a 100% decision but I know within my mind that I have a lot of faith in Reggie," Bairstow had said on Friday. "I've been on a heck of a lot of tours with him, he's known me since I was a young boy. So I've got a lot of faith in him. I've been asking questions regularly about different bits, that's only natural, that's human instinct to ask questions.
"The world at the moment is not necessarily the safest place, that's in England, that's in Australia, South Africa, in Bangladesh," the wicketkeeper-batsman said. "You've got to ask questions because, if you don't, you don't have peace of mind. We have a lot of faith in Reg and he's known a lot of us for a long time. There is still a decision to be made but at the same time I'm pretty confident in the decision that I will make and that it will be a positive one. If selected, because the squads haven't been announced."
Following terror attacks in Dhaka in July, the tour was in danger of getting cancelled. However, after a visit by the ECB delegation to Bangladesh last month, the board decided to go ahead with the tour. The ECB also offered the players the option of taking an individual call, whether they want to play in the series or sit out.
While it is learnt that Alastair Cook has agreed to tour Bangladesh, Eoin Morgan, England's limited overs' captain is yet to give that assurance. England's squad for the Bangladesh tour is set to be announced on September 9, couple of days after the end of Twenty20 International series against Pakistan.
"If we'd had time off or no cricket between the meeting and now, I can't say I would be any closer to the decision, but I would have had more time to digest everything and let everything settle," Morgan had said.
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