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South Africa Wins the Toss, Sends UAE Into Bat at Cricket's T20 World Cup

  • 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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South Africa wins the toss, sends UAE into bat at cricket's T20 World Cup

South Africa has won the toss and sent United Arab Emirates in to bat in their last group game at the Twenty20 World Cup.

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