CSK's ex-chief selector VB Chandrasekhar, who passed away aged 57, convinced ex-owner of the franchise N Srinivasan to buy MS Dhoni instead of Virender Sehwag in the inaugural IPL auction in 2008. Chandrasekhar had revealed he went by his gut feeling and wanted to sign Dhoni despite Srinivasan preferring Sehwag as the wicketkeeper-batsman can change "match situation on his own".