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Starting with the T20 World Cup on the subcontinent...

West Indies left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein says the men in maroon will treat Nepal the same way that they treat the other teams.

This as the men in maroon take on the Asians in their Group C match at the World Cup on Sunday from 1.30am T&T time.

According to Hosein, Nepal cannot be taken lightly.
Transcript
00:00The West Indies have two wins from as many matches, which sees them leading Group C.
00:05The men in Maroon took care of Scotland by 35 runs and then England by 30 runs.
00:10The next assignment for them is against Nepal on Sunday in Mumbai.
00:14Even though Nepal are minnows in world cricket, left-arm spinner Akeel Hossein says the Windies are not going to
00:20take them lightly.
00:21I think you could see from the start of the tournament in the first round,
00:26most of the bigger teams were in a spot of butter.
00:30So in this World Cup, it's not one to take anyone lightly.
00:34Preparation is going to be the same, mindset is going to be the same, and it's just about executing.
00:38At the end of the day, it's a World Cup, and these teams had to do what they had to
00:43do to get to the World Cup.
00:44So for us, it's not about taking anyone for granted.
00:47It's just about going out there and playing another cricket match against our position, not so much coming up against
00:53a name.
00:53As far as Nepal are concerned, they lost by four runs to England and then by 10 wickets to Italy
01:00at this World Cup.
01:01Despite being on the brink of elimination, Hossein says the Asians are a quality team.
01:06I think they are a well-gelled unit.
01:08If you check the amount of games they've played together, it's quite a lot.
01:15Yes, they did defeat us in Sharjah, but most of our seniors weren't there.
01:20So it's a match we look forward to, but we know what they can do, we know what they're capable
01:25of.
01:26We saw it in the last couple of games.
01:28These guys really know their ins and outs with their players, they know how to play, so we're going to
01:33treat it as such.
01:34From 92 T20 internationals, Hossein has 87 wickets and a reasonable economy rate of 7.39.
01:42The 32-year-old is one who picks the brain of others, including former Wendy's leg spinner Samuel Badry.
01:48Sam is someone I chat with frequently on the phone or in person.
01:54He's here as well, so it's a big help for me.
01:57You can see the times before the match, if he's on the ground, I'd have a chat with him.
02:02We'd go, we'd kind of analyze the pitch together.
02:05So it's a really good help for me to have him here.
02:08Someone who's been there, done that, who's had a lot of success and plays a similar role as myself in
02:14the power play.
02:15I look up to him, you know, he played that role brilliantly.
02:18After playing Nepal, the Wendy's have one more game in Group C against Italy on February 19th.
02:24Vino would now warn you, Chiefs Expo.
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