White-hot West Indies make it three from three at T20 World Cup

The contest became one-sided when Nepal lost a slew of early wickets after being put into bat, then the West Indies openers put their attack to the sword in the chase.

The pursuit of 133 was always in reach of the islanders. Openers Brandon King and captain Shai Hope began sensibly, sending poor balls to the fence while rotating the strike with the odd single.

King (22 off 17) mistimed a pull to hand Nanadan Yadav Nepal's solitary wicket of the match in the sixth over, putting the West Indies at 43/1.

From that moment, the tempo of the innings shifted. Shimron Hetmyer (46 not out) showed positive intent from the first delivery as the asking rate came tumbling down. He and Hope reached 91 off 59 in their partnership to cruise to victory, with Hope blasting three sixes in his unbeaten 61.

Earlier, Nepal were in dire straits setting a total. The West Indies pace attack found variable bounce and seam movement that the Nepalese top order failed to deal with.

While spinner Akeal Hosein struck in with the fifth ball of the innings, bowling Kushal Bhurtel through the gate, Jason Holder and Matthre Forde also picked up early wickets to keep Nepal to 22/3 in the power play, the lowest of the tournament so far.

Dipendra Singh Airee was man alone in the middle with wickets falling all around him. Finally, at 73/6 in the 15th over, Sompal Kami stuck around. The pair combined for a quickfire 54 off 26 to finally propel Nepal past the 100 mark.

Aerie holed out on the long-on boundary for a top score of 58, falling victim to a brilliant Holer, who would pick up 4/27. Kami would finish undefeated on 26 from 15 as Nepal limped to 133/8.