Samuels denies any wrongdoing ...

Marlon Samuels has denied the allegations that he was involved in fixing the first One-Dayers between Indian and the West Indies that was played at Nagpur on January 21.

"I don’t do such things man. I have not done anything wrong. The West Indies Cricketers’ Association will take up the matter if necessary,” the West Indian all-rounder said.

Nagpur Police had said on Wednesday that Samuels was in touch with a bookie, Mukesh Kochar, prior to the first ODI and passed on the information about the bowling order and batting lineup.

Commissioner of Police, Nagpur, SPS Yadav had said: "Samuels had contacted the bookie about three times. Marlon Samuels had given the bookie the details about bowling order in the second half. He had also told him that he will be staying in Mumbai after the tour and Marlon did indeed stay back in Mumbai. Our report is on breach of ICC code of Conduct by Marlon Samuels."

Yadav also said that there was no criminal offence since the player and the bookie only spoke about the match and no money transaction was involved.

"Letter on the conversation between Samuel and the bookie was sent to BCCI as there was no criminal offence. There was no criminal offence as conversation was not on money matter. It was confined to only bowling details," Yadav said.

"Police investigations into the conversation have no clues of match-fixing nor criminal offence. We only know that ICC norms were violated," he added.

Samuels admitted knowing Kochar but denied passing on any sensitive information to the bookie.

“I don’t think he’s a bookie. I usually talk about cricket but don’t give out any such information,” he said.

Samuels' mother Daphne Lunan also denied that her son was involved in fixing matches though she admitted that Kochar was a close friend of Samuels.

Samuels gave 53 runs in his 10 overs and scored 40 runs off 60 balls as the West Indies fell short by 14 runs chasing the target of 339. India won the Nagpur ODI by 14 runs.

The International Cricket Council has confirmed receiving the letter from the Nagpur Police.

The letter sent to the BCCI reportedly has details of the taped phone conversations between Samuels and Kochar, an associate of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.

Meanwhile, the West Indies Cricket Board has said it will look into the allegations as soon as it gets a formal request.