Newly-appointed West Indies white-ball captain, Kieron Pollard, has reassured the region that insularity in selection will be eradicated during his tenure.

The Trinidadian will oversee his first assignment next month when West Indies take on Afghanistan in India in three Twenty20 Internationals and three one-day internationals.

After participating in his first selection meeting, Pollard said he was focused on ensuring that performance and not nationality would determine the composition of teams going forward.

Pollard has replaced Jason Holder as one-day skipper and Carols Brathwaite as T/20 captain, and takes over a side struggling in both formats.

Currently, West Indies are ranked number nine in the 50-overs version following on from their disastrous world cup showing earlier this year in England, and are also ninth in T/20s even though they are reigning world champions.

Pollard conceded that helping the windies improve their fortunes would be a challenging task but that he was ready for the pressure associated with the captaincy.