Defying the odds, the CSK way: How Chennai Super Kings won the title

#2 Being mocked at the auctions

Chennai Senior Kings, Dad's army, and several other anecdotes hurled towards the team when they picked up a team which was an 'experienced' one.

You need MS Dhoni to keep everything calm and keep players motivated, to shunt away all external mocking and get the job done on the field.

"With the team we picked, we knew the kind of fielding we will do. But what is more disappointing is that the guys are not aware on the field. Your speed might not be too much but you have to be attentive in the field," Dhoni kept admitting this.

However, with age you get experience and when a 36-year old Watson slammed a match-winning century in the finals, the franchise had the last laugh and the detractors were in a corner gaping on.