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Indian police said South Africa batsman Herschelle Gibbs could be questioned further about match-fixing allegations dating back six years ago. | |
But he would not meet with them while the ICC Champions Trophy was on. | |
Delhi police officials also revealed they would like to interview three former South Africa cricketers but would not reveal their names. | |
Gibbs answered questions over a one-day match in India in which he agreed to underperform in exchange for money. | |
The 32-year-old has already served a six-month suspension from his board but senior police official Deependra Pathak said the South African inquiry findings were "not enforceable in India". | |
"As the investigations move forward we have already told him he might be needed again," a police spokesman said. | |
Gibbs will now be able to rejoin his South Africa team-mates in Mumbai as they prepare for their first match of the ICC Champions Trophy against New Zealand on Monday. | Gibbs will now be able to rejoin his South Africa team-mates in Mumbai as they prepare for their first match of the ICC Champions Trophy against New Zealand on Monday. |
Gibbs and his attorney visited the Delhi police headquarters, but did not talk to reporters. | |
He travelled to the Indian capital from the South African team's base in Mumbai, where he arrived on Wednesday from South Africa. | |
"Gibbs cooperated very well during two and a half hours of questioning and he promised to make himself available in future also," Narayan said. | |
Fearing arrests by police, Gibbs and team-mate Nicky Boje have each missed two tours to India since being implicated in the match-fixing scandal, sparked by an admission by late captain Hansie Cronje in 2000 that he had taken money to influence matches. | |
Cronje was banned for life and later died in a plane crash. | |
Left-arm spinner Boje was found not to have acted illegally by South African cricket authorities. | |
He is not a member of South Africa's Champions Trophy squad. |