Gibbs picks Chargers over Cobras by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

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Player:

HH Gibbs

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DateLine: 4th August 2009

 

South African batsman Herschelle Gibbs will play for the Deccan Chargers in the Champions League Twenty20 and not his home team, Cape Cobras.

 

The swashbuckling batsman's agent Donne Commins told the Afrikaans daily Beeld here that the player would be available for the IPL side and Cape Cobras will be compensated because Gibbs would not be available to play for them.

 

Gibbs was one of the key member to help Deccan Chargers win the second edition of the Indian Premier League which was shifted to South Africa.

 

The Cape Cobras and the Diamond Eagles are the South African teams in the USD 6mn Champions League Twenty20, which will also have leading Twenty20 sides from England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Australia participating in the mega-event to be held from October 8-23 in India.

 

The Cape Cobras, who beat the Diamond Eagles in the final of the Pro20 series in South Africa this year, will play against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the opening game of the Champions League.