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Johannesburg: Herschelle Gibbs will represent Cape Cobras in the Champions League, and not the Deccan Chargers, with whom he won the IPL. Gibbs was earlier quoted as saying that he had opted for Deccan ahead of Cobras. However, he was named in the 20-man Cobras squad named Tuesday.
"The Chargers confirmed over the weekend that Herschelle would not be in their squad and we are thrilled that a player of his pedigree will now be in the team," Andre Odendaal, Cobras' CEO said. It also means that Cobras will lose out on the $200,000 they would have got as compensation had Gibbs opted for Deccan. "It means a loss of potential income, but our first priority has always been to go to India to win."
Deccan will lose out on what was a key component in their IPL triumph earlier this year. Gibbs was the second highest run-getter for them (behind captain Adam Gilchrist) with 371 runs at a strike-rate of 112.08, including four half-centuries, in 14 matches. When contacted, PK Iyer, the managing director of Deccan Chargers' parent company, refused to comment.
Cobras' Champions League campaign will be led by the South Africa captain, Graeme Smith. They will play the first match of the tournament, against Royal Challengers Bangalore on October 8.
Cape Cobras squad: Graeme Smith (capt), Derek Brand, Ryan Canning, Henry Davids, JP Duminy, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Herschelle Gibbs, Claude Henderson, Rory Kleinveldt, Charl Langeveldt, Richard Levi, Carl Nieuwoudt, Justin Ontong, Vernon Philander, Francois Plaatjies, Andrew Puttick, Gurshwin Rabie, Leonard van Wyk, Stiaan van Zyl, Monde Zondeki
