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T20 World Cup: India takes on SA today in Perth. Here is the predicted XI

The winners will ensure a slot in the semi finals

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India will face South Africa in Perth on Sunday in a significant match that will see the winner ensuring a spot in the semi finals. 

Though there are rain predictions in Perth today, the latest weather forecast suggests that it won't be too heavy to impact the match.

"Partly cloudy. Medium (50 per cent) chance of showers, most likely during this afternoon and early evening. Winds southerly 25 to 35 km/h, reaching up to 45 km/h near the coast, becoming light in the late evening," reads the forecast for Sunday as per Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

India's predicted XI: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma (C), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami.

South Africa: Temba Bavuma (C), Quinton de Kock (wk), Rilee Rossouw, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi

In the Bangladesh-Zimbabwe match, Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and decided to bat against Zimbabwe in their crucial T20 World Cup match here on Sunday.

Bangladesh made one change, bringing in Yasir Ali in place of Mehidy Hasan, while Zimbabwe replaced Luke Jongwe with Tendai Chatara in their playing XI.

Zimbabwe are coming into the match after their one-run win against Pakistan in Perth, while Bangladesh had lost their last match against South Africa by 104 runs.

Bangladesh: Najmul Hossain Shanto, Soumya Sarkar, Litton Das, Shakib Al Hasan (c), Afif Hossain, Yasir Ali, Nurul Hasan (w), Mosaddek Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Taskin Ahmed.

Zimbabwe: Wesley Madhevere, Craig Ervine (c), Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza, Regis Chakabva (w), Milton Shumba, Ryan Burl, Tendai Chatara, Richard Ngarava, Brad Evans, Blessing Muzarabani

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