India vs South Africa, Cricket World Cup 2023: Fantasy XI Prediction, Top Captaincy And Vice-Captaincy Picks

India are all set to take on South Africa in the marquee clash of the Cricket World Cup 2023 on November 5. The match will be staged at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, beginning at 2:00 PM IST. With players from both sides on top of their games, it may well prove to be challenging to pick a perfect XI for fantasy cricket players that will fetch them maximum points. The Indian cricket team is the only unbeaten side remaining in the tournament with seven wins out of seven. They registered a massive 302-run win over Sri Lanka when they took the field last time out.

Meanwhile, the Proteas have won six and lost one of their seven matches so far. They defeated New Zealand by 190 runs in their last match as the wicket-keeper batter Quinton de Kock notched the fourth century of the tournament.

As far as head-to-head match-ups in ODIs are concerned, the two teams have faced each other on 90 occasions, with South Africa emerging victorious in 50 matches. The tide turned in favour of India on 37 instances whereas three encounters concluded with no result.

IND vs SA fantasy XI World Cup 2023

Wicket-keepers: Quinton de Kock

Batters: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Rassie van der Dussen, Virat Kohli

Bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, Gerald Coetzee

All-rounders: Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Ravindra Jadeja

It's a 6:5 combination with Indian players edging ahead in terms of selection.

Quinton de Kock will be the only wicketkeeper in the side. The southpaw has been in fantastic form, scoring 545 runs in just seven matches so far, including four centuries. Moreover, he can be a valuable source of points through catches, stumpings and run-outs.

South Africa's Heinrich Klaasen and India's KL Rahul can be considered as well, depending on