Former West Indies captain Kieron Pollard has expressed disappointment with the team’s unceremonious exit rom the T20 World Cup but believes it adds some perspective to criticism directed at the unit he led one year ago.

Pollard was captain of the team at the previous edition of the tournament, which ended in a similarly disastrous fashion.  On that occasion, however, the team, which consisted of veteran 30-somethings Pollard, Dwayne Bravo, Lendl Simmons, Andre Russell, and 40-something-year-old Chris Gayle, was criticized for being too old.

Pollard, who retired from international cricket earlier this year, however, believes the sub-par display at this year’s tournament should also serve as a cautionary tale for selecting teams with too little experience.

“We have a young captain, we have young players, guys who have played only a handful of T20 cricket and now they are in the World Cup.  When I look back at it, I sit back and I have a smile on my face because I remember some of the things that we said around last year this time when some individuals weren’t selected,” Pollard told Trinidad and Tobago radio.

“I just had to remind these people that there was a World Cup we were going to and another bilateral series.  Now some of these individuals get a chance to play in the World Cup and again look what has happened. It's no fault of theirs,” Pollard added.

"When we tried to protect them and let people understand they were not ready and for that we were lambasted.  There were a lot of things that were said that we are very derogatory at times.  It’s a sad day for West Indies cricket and all of us.”