Andre Russell, the West Indies all-rounder, has opted out of the 3-match Twenty20 international collection towards Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates for private reasons, the West Indies Cricket Board found out on Friday (September 16). Uncapped 26-year-old rapid bowler Kesrick Williams has been named as his replacement. "Russell, considered one of the game's main all-rounders and member of the West Indies global T20 championship-prevailing group, has asked to withdraw from the collection to take care of a non-public count number," the WICB said in a statement. Williams played a large function in Jamaica Tallawahs winning their 2d Carribean most desirable League name this 12 months with the aid of choosing up 17 wickets in the tournament. He has additionally played for Windward Island Volcanoes and mixed Campuses & schools in the WICB professional Cricket League and become named these days in the A squad to tour Sri Lanka subsequent month. West Indies are already with out the services of Chris Gayle and Lendl Simmons for the series. even as Gayle changed into unavailable for selection, Simmons turned into now not picked due to clinical motives. the primary T20I could be played on September 23 in Dubai