India, Feb. 18 -- With hosts and defending champions India up next in the Super Eights, South Africa decided to experiment against the United Arab Emirates in their final Group D clash of the T20 World Cup.

Having already qualified for the next stage, South Africa brought in Anrich Nortje, George Linde, Jason Smith and Kwena Maphaka, resting Keshav Maharaj, Marco Jansen, David Miller and Lungi Ngidi to give their benched staff some game time ahead of what will be a rematch of last edition's final at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium come Sunday.

Despite the changes, South Africa earned a facile six-wicket win against UAE under overcast conditions to top the group with four wins out of four. UAE signed off with one win out of four.

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