New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- The upcoming season of Indian Premier League (IPL) might be six months away but the cash-rich franchise T20 is making headlines after former India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin claimed that Chennai Super Kings have made an under-the-table deal to sign South African Dewald Brevis midway into the previous season.

The whole Brevis-CSK saga came up after the South African slammed his maiden T20I hundred against Australia recently a couple of days back. Following the hundred, former South African captain AB de Villiers claimed Brevis to be CSK's biggest "masterstroke" while nine other IPL teams missed a "golden opportunity."

Brevis was signed by CSK in place of injured pacer Gurjapneet Singh for an amount of Rs.2.2 cr...