Chennai, Feb. 12 -- The Madras High Court has directed cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni to pay Rs 10 lakh by March 12 for transcribing a CD related to his case against retired IPS officer Sampath Kumar.

Dhoni filed a Rs 100-crore defamation suit against Kumar, alleging that Kumar's reputation was tarnished by comments made during a 2013 TV debate.

In 2013, during a private television debate on the IPL cricket betting scandal, retired IPS officer Sampath Kumar had alleged that Chennai team player Mahendra Singh Dhoni was also linked to the issue.

In the 2014 case, the High Court had earlier ordered that the CD in the matter be transcribed into written form, subject to payment of the required charges.

While hearing the case, Justice RN Ma...