Durban, Aug. 31: South African batsman Herschelle Gibbs has been confirmed to visit India for the Champions Trophy beginning next month and to sort out his situation in the match-fixing scandal one and for all.

"This is one of the reasons we are leaving for India a little earlier than was originally planned. We want Herschelle’s situation to be sorted out completely before the serious cricket begins," coach Mickey Arthur said.

However, the team for the mini-World Cup will be selected at a meeting later on Thursday, a Cricket South Africa spokesperson said.

The interest around Gibbs follows reports over the past few days that he was keen to travel to India despite the fear of police interrogating him about the match-fixing scandal which was exposed in 2000.

Police want Gibbs and spin bowler Nicky Boje to answer questions about the scam that took place between late former South African skipper Hansie Cronje and Indian bookmakers during South Africa’s tour of 1999/2000.

Gibbs has been quoted here as saying that if was selected he would travel to India with his lawyer.