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

#2 Giving the new ball to R. Ashwin vs RCB 2011

Ashwin dismissed Chris Gayle for a duck in the final of IPL 2011

The final of the fourth edition of IPL saw the defending champions Chennai Super Kings and the table toppers Royal Challengers Bangalore facing each other for IPL 2011 title.

It was the second IPL final for RCB. While CSK were playing their third final and had won the previous season.

Winning the toss, CSK elected to bat first. With the help of two scintillating knocks from Hussey and Vijay, Chennai posted an enormous total of 205 runs.

Chasing a mammoth score, Chris Gayle the highest run-getter of IPL 2011 was the only guy who could have pulled off the chase from there.

But the CSK skipper MS Dhoni who is best known for being one step ahead from the opposition did exactly the same. Knowing Gayle's weakness against off-spinners, Dhoni asked Ashwin to begin the proceedings of the second innings from CSK's side.

The Tamil boy didn't disappoint his captain as he sent back Gayle in the fourth delivery of the second innings and made the highest run-scorer register a duck.

RCB after losing Gayle wasn't able to handle the pressure and finished their innings on the score of 147 with loss of eight wickets.

CSK won the match and trophy easily and this decision of giving the new ball to Ashwin turned out to be a masterstroke.