On Friday, the Sri Lanka police decided to drop the match-fixing investigation into the 2011 World Cup final, as they have found no evidence of Sri Lankan players handing a win to their Indian counterparts. The former head of selection committee, Aravinda de Silva, former skipper Kumar Sangakkara and opener, Upul Tharanga were summoned for questioning regarding this week over suspicions that have dogged the match for years.

Informing the same to APF, a top Police official said, “We are satisfied with their explanation,” a top police official told AFP. “The inquiry is now closed. They had reasonable explanations about the changes that were made to the final squad,” the officer added. “We found no evidence of any wrongdoing.”

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Sri Lanka made four changes in the XI for the final despite they suffered a loss against India at Mumbai’s Wankhede stadium. The sudden decision to end the investigation came after the 2011 team’s vice-captain Mahela Jayawardena arrived at the office of the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) to give a statement.

When the SIU refused to accept the testimony of Jayawardene, he said, “We will give our maximum cooperation.” Jayawardena was called in after Sangakkara was grilled for nearly 10 hours by a team of detectives on Thursday.

The investigation was triggered when last month on a local TV network, Mahindananda Aluthgamage said, “I feel I can talk about it now. I am not connecting players, but some sections were involved.”

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Sangakkara is the most high profile player to be questioned after match-fixing allegations for WC 2011 as he is also the current president of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in London. He was also the captain of the team in 2011.