Narile, Pollard out of Windies World T20 squad

West Indies' preparations for the World Twenty20 have been hit by a double blow after Sunil Narine and Kieron Pollard were both ruled out.

Off-spinner Narine was included in the Windies' original 15-man squad despite being banned from bowling in international cricket last November for a suspect action.

A West Indies news release confirmed that Narine has now withdrawn from the squad after making "insufficient progress in the rehabilitative work on his bowling action".

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has yet to name an alternative for Narine, but Carlos Brathwaite is called in to replace injured all-rounder Pollard.

Pollard has been struggling with a knee injured that ruled him out of the Big Bash League and West Indies confirmed that he was out due to a "lack of sufficient progress in his rehabilitative work".

Meanwhile, WICB chief executive officer Michael Muirhead is confident the Windies squad will sign a contract to play in the tournament.

Players have been at loggerheads with the WICB hierarchy over a pay dispute, with T20 captain Darren Sammy calling for their terms for the tournament to be doubled.

Sammy ruled out the possibility of a player strike, and Muirhead says one way or another West Indies will field a team in India.

"There is no strike pending. What is pending is that certain players may not make themselves available but there is no strike pending," he told The Real Cricket Show.

"I wouldn't say it is an impasse, but we certainly stated our position and would seek for the players to realise that the position is one of fairness and one that was there for their critique some nine months ago.

"We are hoping that come the 14th of February, which is this Sunday that they will sign the contract and then they will move on to camp in Dubai on the 20th.

"If they don't sign, then West Indies Cricket Board has to do what it has to do but we will be participating in the World T20 Tournament and we will be fielding a team and the best available team."