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Selection convener Linda Zondi welcomed Steyn’s return “in our pack of world-class seamers, particularly in view of the retirement of Morne Morkel.”
Zondi said Rabada had fully recovered from a “lower back stress reaction” – a possible prelude to a stress fracture – that kept him out of the Indian Premier League recently.
Steyn has 419 Test wickets – two short of Shaun Pollock’s South African record of 421.
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South Africa picked a varied trio of spinners. Left-arm orthodox spinner Keshav Maharaj will be backed up by left-arm wrist spinner Tabraiz Shamsi and leg-spinner Von Berg, who is also a capable batsman.
The Tests will be followed by five one-day internationals and a Twenty20 international. Squads for these matches will be announced later.
South African squad: Faf du Plessis (captain), Hashim Amla, Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock (wkt), Theunis de Bruyn, Dean Elgar, Heinrich Klaasen (wkt), Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Lungi Ngidi, Vernon Philander, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Dale Steyn, Shaun von Berg.
Fixtures: July 7-8, Warm-up match, Colombo July 12-16, First Test, Galle July 20-24, Second Test, Colombo.
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