World Cup 2015: Probable South Africa XI

South Africa has a curiouslittlehistory with cricket World Cups.Their first World Cup appearance came in 1992 wherethey reached the semifinals, and lost to England thanks toone of the most bizarre endings in the history of cricket.In 1996, they reached the quarters to be eliminated by Caribbeans and in 1999, they were yet again eliminated in the semi-finals where they played one of the greatest ODIs against the Aussies, it was a tie and still Australia marched past them on the basis of net run rate to later win the cup.2003 turned out to be their worst outing, despitebeingtheir homely affair,they were eliminated in the league stage which led to sacking of Shaun Pollock as captain.In the next two world cups, again history repeated itself as they lost in Semiand Quarter finalsrespectively to Australia and New Zealand.Proteas are arguably the best ODI playing side of last 2 decades, only behind Australia in terms of win percentage and consistency, but their inability to perform at big tournaments hasfetched the infamous tagof Chokers.In 2015, they would try yet again to wash their past. This time though, they would perhaps go without the veterans like Mark Boucher, Graeme Smith andHerschelle Gibbs, while Jacques Kallis, the greatest knight in their history has retired from tTst cricket to focus completely on his last World Cup. He will love to go into the sunset with the trophy shadowing his storied career.So how will thisSouth African side look like?I have tried to construct the bestXIhere from the resources they have:NOTE: The opinions expressed in this article are of the writer's and not of the website as a whole.

#1 Quinton de Kock (wk)

After Mark Boucher had to end his career abruptly, there was no permanent man to wear the gloves for the Proteas. For some time, de Villers took the responsibility much like Dravid did for India in past but that was not a permanent solution to the glaring issue. Qinton de Kock is.

He is everything SA would want from their wicketkeeper. He is agile and tidy behind the stumps and bats at the top with an ODI average of 46 in his 16-match career. Just 21 years of age, he can serve his nation for many years to come. Proteas might be seeing an Adam Gilchrist of their own in de Kock.