One of the world's most exciting players to make comeback to the game against New Zealand
He's back! AB De Villiers to return
AB de Villiers will return from paternity leave for South Africa's Twenty20 and one-day international matches later this month against New Zealand.
De Villiers missed the recent rain-hit Test series against Bangladesh to be with his wife when she gave birth to the couple's first child, a son.
VIEW: Photos of mum the NEW AB De Villiers
Two other leading players, JP Duminy and fast bowler Morne Morkel, will miss the three-match one-day series against New Zealand because of paternity leave but are part of the squad for the two T20 matches.
Allrounder David Wiese is in line to win his first one-day cap. He has previously played in T20 internationals.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Morne van Wyk has been recalled for both squads in the absence of Quinton de Kock, who has joined the South Africa A squad on a tour of India in a quest to regain batting form.
New Zealand are currently in the midst of a limited-overs tour of Zimbabwe and levelled their ODI series in Harare.
Openers Martin Guptill and Tom Latham both struck centuries as the Black Caps crushed Zimbabwe by 10 wickets in the second one-day international to set up a series decider.
Chasing 236 on Tuesday to level the three-match series at Harare Sports Club, Guptill finished unbeaten on 116 while Latham was 110 not out as New Zealand achieved the target with almost eight overs to spare.
The pair set a new record for the highest successful chase in an ODI without losing a wicket, bettering the 231 that Sri Lanka managed in a 10-wicket win over England in the 2011 World Cup quarter-final.
REPORT: Zimbabwe v New Zealand, second ODI
One-day squad: AB de Villiers (capt), Kyle Abbott, Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, David Miller, Aaron Phangiso, Vernon Philander, Kagiso Rabada, Rilee Rossouw, Dale Steyn, Morne van Wyk, David Wiese
T20 squad: Du Plessis (capt), Abbott, Amla, Behardien, De Villiers, JP Duminy, Eddie Leie, Miller, Morne Morkel, Phangiso, Rabada, Rossouw, Van Wyk, Wiese
South Africa v New Zealand:
August
14 First T20, Durban
16 Second T20, Centurion
19 First one-day international, Centurion
23 Second ODI, Potchefstroom
26 Third ODI, Durban
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