Australia Test skipper Tim Paine has raised concerns over the participation of all the players in the upcoming Pakistan tour, saying some players might not be comfortable touring the country.

Australia will tour Pakistan next year for the first time since 1998 with the visitors playing three Tests, three one-day internationals and a T20 match from March to April, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Monday.

“There’ll be some guys who will be happy to take the experts’ advice and others will want to know a bit more. If we’re totally honest, there might be some people who aren’t comfortable going regardless,” Paine said on SEN Radio, as reported by the Sydney Morning Herald.

“That’s happened before with tours going to other countries going back forever. Again, there are issues that will, I’m sure, pop up. We’ll discuss it, people get the right answers and feel comfortable, then we’ll hopefully get the best team we can. At the end of the day, it comes down to the individual,” he added.

Paine was also a part of a World XI team that took part in an exhibition series in Pakistan in 2017. “The security that we had on that tour was unlike anything that I’ve ever seen in my life. We had helicopters overhead, roads shut down five kilometres around us, checkpoints like every kilometre into the ground, it was extraordinary,” said Paine.

“The fact you’re seeing it and thinking to yourself it may be necessary can be a bit unnerving, but at the same time, to see the planning and execution of it, with literally a couple of choppers above your bus 20-30 metres above your head was comforting but also unnerving at the same time,” he added.

Australia will play Tests in Karachi (March 3-7), Rawalpindi (March 12-16) and Lahore (March 21-25), followed by the limited over matches in Lahore between March 29-April 5.