Gibbs arrives in India after six years

Mumbai, Oct 11 (UNI) South Africa's star cricketer Herschelle Gibbs, who had avoided visiting India on two earlier occasions fearing arrest in the match-fixing scandal, reached Mumbai today and is expected to reach New Delhi this evening.

According to sources, Gibbs will make himself available to the Delhi Police tomorrow for interrogation over his role in the match- fixing scandal which shook the cricketing world in 2000.

Gibbs is accompanied by two lawyers who will assist the player during the questioning which is scheduled to be held tomorrow.

Gibbs has already served a six-month ban slapped by South African cricket authorities while his teammate Nicky Boje, also named in the scandal, is still evading questioning. Both of them had answered a detailed questionnaire put to them by the Delhi Police in 2004.

The South African had sought permission from his cricket board that he be allowed to join his teammates later in India since his lawyers were not available at an earlier date.

The team, which arrived on Sunday, is currently based at Hotel Taj Mahal in Mumbai and will play its first match in the Champions Trophy against New Zealand on October 16. All efforts to contact Gibbs in the hotel, however, proved futile.

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