{"id":6326,"date":"2012-05-19T13:24:15","date_gmt":"2012-05-19T13:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/?p=6326"},"modified":"2012-05-19T13:24:15","modified_gmt":"2012-05-19T13:24:15","slug":"gibbs-to-feature-in-sri-lanka-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/?p=6326","title":{"rendered":"Gibbs to feature in Sri Lanka Premier League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Colombo:<\/strong> South African batsman Herschelle Gibbs, who is playing for Mumbai Indians in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), has confirmed that he will be taking part in the upcoming Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) T20 tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gibbs is the first international player to confirm participation in the tournament, Island Cricket website reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From here (IPL) to the UK T20 for Durham then to the Sri Lanka Premier League,&#8221; Gibbs wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) previously announced the involvement of foreign stars in the SLPL. 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