5 all-time bargain buys by Chennai Super Kings

#4 Micheal Hussey - US$ 425,000

Hussey won the orange cap in 2013

Micheal Hussey gave the best possible start for Chennai by scoring a century in their first ever IPL match. Because of his international commitments, he couldn't play a major role in the first three seasons. As runs dried up from the bat of retired Mathew Hayden, Dhoni asked Hussey to open in the knockout stages of their victorious Champions League T20 campaign in 2010.

With that performance, the team management decided to go all-out for him at the auction but luckily they got him at US$ 425,000. He had a fabulous three-year stint at the top scoring the most runs for Chennai in that period and guiding them to the finals of all the three seasons.

Kings were gifted to have a batsman of Hussey's calibre at the top because of his adaptability. In 2013, he scored 40 off 51 balls on a tough pitch against Kolkata and a week later scored 95 off 59 balls against the same opposition guiding Chennai to victory on both occasions.

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