DHAKA: Cricket World Cup chief executive John Harnden said Tuesday he was confident the West Indies would play in next year’s ICC World Cup 2015, despite their shock withdrawal from a tour of India.

The West Indies cut short their India tour this month over an internal pay dispute, despite a fifth and final one-day international, a Twenty20 match and three Tests still to be played, reports cricketcountry.com.

The situation has raised doubts as to whether the Caribbean side will be able to fulfill its upcoming international engagements, including a tour of South Africa followed by the World Cup.

Harnden said he was confident the issues would be resolved and the West Indies would play in the World Cup being jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand from mid-February.

“We see that everyone’s very focused on resolving the situation as quickly as possible,” Harnden said.

“We’ve got 108 days until the World Cup and from our point of view I’ve no doubt the West Indies will be here and entertaining the crowd as only they know how.”

BDST: 2150 HRS, OCT 28, 2014