In India, cricket is considered to be a religion and cricketers are often compared with gods. But now Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been issued a non-bailable warrant for a magazine cover which shows him posing as the Hindu god Vishnu.
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The cover of the Indian business magazine in question dates back to April 2013 and featured a morphed image of Dhoni as Vishnu holding various products, with the tagline “God of big deals”, in reference to the cricketer’s numerous commercial endorsements Read more…
