Proteas vs UAE | Kwena Maphaka, Jason Smith earn T20 World Cup debuts as SA win the toss
- On Wednesday, South Africa national cricket team won the toss in Delhi and elected to bowl, sending United Arab Emirates national cricket team in to bat in their final Group A match.
- Unbeaten South Africa had already clinched Super Eight qualification with three consecutive wins, including a double-tiebreaker victory over Afghanistan.
- Aiden Markram, captain, rested David Miller, Keshav Maharaj, Marco Jansen and Lungi Ngidi, while Jason Smith, Kwena Maphaka, Anrich Nortje and George Linde made their tournament debuts.
- Other Group A fixtures later Wednesday include Pakistan vs Namibia in Colombo with a Super Eight spot at stake and India vs Netherlands in Ahmedabad.
- Looking ahead, rotation positions South Africa to preserve premier bowlers while UAE's mixed group results include a bounce back from New Zealand to edge Canada before narrowly losing to Afghanistan.
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