5 most surprising decisions ever by the IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings

#3 Ravichandran Ashwin opening the innings vs KKR 2013

Ashwin opened the innings for CSK in this run chase against KKR

The 26th match of the IPL 2013 was played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings.

This match saw something that had never happened before. Chennai was searching a good combination at the top order since the likes of Murali Vijay and Anirudha Srikanth weren't able to perform up to the expectations.

The Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin came out to start the innings for CSK. This befuddled many of us. Here is how the match went through.

KKR batting first posted a total of 119 runs in 20 overs. Looking at the low score, CSK decided to do experiments in their top order and sent Ashwin to open the innings along with Hussey.

Though this decision didn't come out well as Ashwin was out with a score of 11 runs in 13 balls.

These experiments messed up the game for CSK but thanks to Jadeja's blitz of 36 runs in 14 balls that helped them to pull off the chase

Hussey after the match said,

"I think Ashwin's role was to try and get us off to a quick start, look to take advantage of the first six overs and he had a license to tee off. He hit a couple of good boundaries but, as it can happen in T20 cricket, you can get out anytime!".

This decision didn't come well even with the trollers as they rated this as one of the most horrible decisions in the history of IPL.