New Delhi, Oct. 5: South African opening batsman Herschelle Gibbs is scheduled to meet a team of Delhi Police officials here when he arrives on October 10 for the Champions Trophy that gets under way on Saturday at Mohali.

South Africa play New Zealand in their tournament opener in Mumbai on October 16.

Delhi Police still have a file open on Gibbs and his involvement in the Hansie Cronje match-fixing scandal. This is the first opportunity for them to question the dashing batsman, who has not toured India since 2000 for precisely this reason.

While the South Africans are already on their way, Gibbs will be accompanied by his lawyer when he lands in Delhi where he is to meet the police team.

According to reports, South African coach Micky Arthur was quoted as saying, "Herschelle will fly on the night of October 10 straight to Delhi and will be accompanied by his lawyer. He has an appointment with Dr K.K. Paul (who led the match-fixing investigation and is now Commissioner of Delhi Police), which we are led to believe will take an hour-and-a-half.

"He will then join the rest of the team in Mumbai ahead of the practice game on the 13th. His legal team has it all under control, Herschelle just has to get through it all, but I fully expect him to be fine. He’s really determined to have a big season."

According to AFP, director of prosecution Y.S. Yadav said: "We will re-open the case and if some kind of interrogation is required then it will be done."

Gibbs avoided touring India the last time South Africa were here in 2004-05 for a Test series and again earlier this year when the team played a four-match ODI series.

The match-fixing probe is over in all but name, and since releasing its "interim report" in November 2000, the Central Bureau of Investigation has done little towards a "final" report.

Gibbs told a South African publication not long ago that Delhi Police were "not playing their part" in the probe and of going slow on the process.

"Well, I think the particular guy that’s driving the whole thing is quite a hard sort of guy, and he refuses to let himself be dictated to. He wants to do it on his terms, and that’s it. They haven’t really played their part. You know, we’ve asked them many a time to come question me on neutral territory, and they refuse. So it’s not like I haven’t made the effort. It’s them being hard," Gibbs told the Sports Illustrated magazine

Nicky Boje, the other South African wanted for questioning by Delhi Police, opted out ahead of selection for the Champions Trophy.