Kieron Pollard should have been appointed as skipper earlier, states Sir Viv Richards

Former West Indies captain Sir Viv Richards has expressed his joy on the appointment of Kieron Pollard as the captain of the Windies limited-overs sides. The hard-hitting all-rounder was handed over the leadership position last month and is all set to lead the side for the first time against a tricky Afghanistan side in a week's time.

“I guess the politics with the last regime and the things that obviously went down in India, and some of these guys in my opinion were blacklisted from playing the role that they should and helping to move the team forward, and I think because of those political issues, it didn't quite help the progress.”

“When I first saw him in the first CPL tournament we had in the region, he was in my opinion the best captain, no disrespect to Carlos and like that,” he said.

“Carlos is a very highly competitive individual and would have won us a World Cup off his bat but he was put in that position for political reasons and I think he would understand that as well because I think he is very sensible and knowledgeable.