Sri Lanka's chief cricket selector for the 2011 cricket World Cup was grilled for six hours at the start of a criminal investigation into match fixing, a
today, we have decided to summon a player from the 2011 squad, Upul Tharanga, tomorrow to record his statement."
Fonseka said they were obtaining intelligence reports as well as inputs from unspecified international sources to continue their probe into one of cricket's most explosive match-fixing controversies. De Silva himself declined comment as he walked out of the Special Investigation Unit where he spent over six hours with at least three detectives investigating allegations that's opener at the finals. He scored just two runs during his 30 minute stay at the crease facing 20 balls.
The investigation was prompted by former sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage who claimed earlier this month that"I feel I can talk about it now. I am not connecting players, but some sections were involved," Aluthgamage said. The island nation's 1996 World Cup-winning skipper Arjuna Ranatunga has also cast doubt on the result and previously called for an investigation.
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