MS Dhoni becomes non-payment victim from Spartan Sports

Dixit Bhargav | 06/01/2019
Dhoni becomes non-payment victim from Spartan Sports

Dhoni becomes non-payment victim from Spartan Sports: The Indian wicket-keeper batsman likely to lose a significant amount.

Former India captain and current wicket-keeper batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni is likely to lose out on a significant amount of money after non-payment from Australian based bat sponsor company named Spartan Sports.

Previous reports of the company not paying some renowned cricketers had given some hints of the same happening eventually. The company had been irregular with finances, especially when it came to paying its contracted players.

It has come to notice that Dhoni has only been paid four installments of the INR 20 crore bat deal between 2013 and 2016.

Among some of the other cricketers who have been affected by this default are Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar, Universe Boss Chris Gayle, England limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan, former Australia captain Michael Clarke and former Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson.

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The news had majorly come out when Clarke had stopped using the logo of spartan on his bat during the last phase of his career.

With a recent court order ruling in Australia suggesting for the liquidity of the company, one believes that the above mentioned names are likely to suffer hefty losses from this deal.

The company is co-owned by Kunal Sharma, a Jalandhar-based businessman. Other than Sharma, Pakistan’s Kamil Khan is also in a partnership with Spartan Sports.

Notwithstanding this current rift, Dhoni has continued to use the logo of Spartan on his bat and other equipment.

Dhoni’s next international assignment is less than a week away now for the 37-year old cricketer will be featuring in the first of the three-match ODI series against Australia at Sydney on January 12.

Read some of the latest Twitter reactions on Dhoni below:

 

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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