cricket west indies (cwi) offered an extra pay incentive to players to tour pakistan. with only three days left before the tour started, the west indies named a weakened squad to tour pakistan. jason mohammed was named as captain of the west indies, as the regular t20i captain, carlos brathwaite did not travel because of security concerns. along with brathwaite, jason holder, chris gayle and devendra bishoo did not make themselves available, also because of security concerns.