IPL is such a cricket league in which apart from India, players from outside also want to play. IPL can make any player a star. Players get recognition from IPL, which helps them a lot in their career. Similarly, Dhoni had offered Mohammad Shahzad of Afghanistan to play with his team in IPL, but Mahi had put a condition and that condition was to lose weight.
This was revealed by former Afghanistan captain Asghar Afghan.. Asghar Afghan told that when he talked to Dhoni during the 2018 Asia Cup, Mahi had talked about taking Mohammad Shahzad in his team. But Mahi had put a condition that only if Shehzad loses 20 kg weight, he will make him a part of his team.
Asghar Afghan said in a statement, “I spoke to Dhoni and told him that Shahzad is a big fan of yours, so he said that if he loses 20 kg of weight then I will include him in my team. But instead of losing weight, Shahzad had gained five kilos.”
All three play all three formats for Afghanistan.
Mohammad Shahzad, who plays in all three formats for Afghanistan, has been out of the team for some time. He played his last international match through the Asian Games 2023. Apart from this, he last appeared in ODI and Test in 2019. Till now he has played 2 Tests, 84 ODIs and 73 T20 International matches. He scored 69 runs in the test. He has scored 2727 runs with his bat in ODI and 2048 runs in T20 International. Shahzad has scored 6 centuries in ODI and 1 century in T20 International.