New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- Ahead of their ICC Men's T20 World Cup fixtures against Namibia and defending champions India, Netherlands all-rounder Bas de Leede highlighted the challenges of facing a "red-hot" Men in Blue team and stressed that associate nations need more opportunities to play against top teams outside World Cups.

De Leede, who scored 30 in the Netherlands' campaign opener against Pakistan in a losing cause, spoke to ANI ahead of their side's T20 WC clash against Namibia, which comes after their heartbreaking three-wicket loss to Pakistan on Saturday.

"We have obviously watched them quite a bit because they played the series recently against New Zealand. So watching them smack around was good as a cricket fan. But obviously, as...