Match-fixing allegations: MS Dhoni threatens to file Rs 100 crore defamation case against Hindi daily

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has sent a legal notice to the accusers who reportedly claim that he fixed the 2014 Test match against England at Old Trafford, reports Deccan Chronicle.Mahendra Singh Dhoni has sent a legal notice to the accusers who reportedly claim that he fixed the 2014 Test match against England at Old Trafford, reports Deccan Chronicle.

A Hindi daily, quoting Sunil Dev who was a manager of Team India on England tour, has alleged that Dhoni purposefully chose to bat on a wet wicket resulting in a loss for Men in Blue as the match wrapped up under three days.

Dhoni's New Delhi-based lawyers have sent a nine-page legal notice which reads: "The said video contains footage of an absolute dubious sting operation of the aforementioned Mr (Sunil) Dev, which in the present circumstances is nothing but a false propaganda initiated by you to defame my client. In fact, the so-called Indian cricket official (Sunil Dev) who you have credited to be the source of information has strongly denied the incident."

"Our client (Mahendra Singh Dhoni) reserves the right to institute proceedings for the recovery of damages up to Rs. 100 crores (1 billion) from you on account of the defamation, mental agony and trauma caused to him due to this by causing loss of his reputation,"  the notice continues.