(Web Desk) – Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bat in a Super Eight encounter at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, against South Africa on Sunday.
South Africa have already through to the semi-finals and likely to top their group. Though Zimbabwe are out of the running, they have achieved their best T20 World Cup finish and will avoid going through the qualifiers for the next edition.
South Africa are the only unbeaten side left in the current T20 World Cup and booked their spot in the semi-finals with a game to spare.
Aiden Markram's side topped Group D, completing comfortable wins over Canada (57 runs), New Zealand (seven wickets), and UAE (six wickets) but had to come through not one but two super overs against Afghanistan.
In the Super Eights, they hammered India by 76 runs before chasing 177 with nine wickets and 23 balls to spare against West Indies.
Zimbabwe were the surprise table-toppers in Group B, beating Oman (eight wickets), Australia (23 runs), and Sri Lanka (six wickets) and having their meeting with Ireland washed out.
However, they've come back to down to earth with a bump in the Super Eights, leaking more than 250 in heavy defeats to both West Indies and India.
Zimbabwe have never beaten South Africa in a T20I, losing all seven of their completed meetings.
TEAMS
Zimbabwe: Brian Bennett, Tadiwanashe Marumani (wk), Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza (c), Ryan Burl, Tony Munyonga, Clive Madande, Brad Evans, Wellington Masakadza, Graeme Cremer, Blessing Muzarabani.
South Africa: Aiden Markram (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Ryan Rickelton, Dewald Brevis, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Anrich Nortje, Kwena Maphaka, Lungi Ngidi.