Aarif Sheikh

Aarif Sheikh
Personal information
Born (1997-10-05) 5 October 1997
Birgunj, Nepal
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–2015 APF (National League)
2015–2015 GoldenGate (SPA Cup)
2014–2014 Birgunj (National League)
Career statistics
Competition LA
Matches 2
Runs scored 6
Batting average 3.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 5
Balls bowled -
Wickets -
Bowling average -
5 wickets in innings -
10 wickets in match -
Best bowling -
Catches/stumpings 0/-
Source: CricketArchive, 8 March 2015

Aarif Sheikh (Nepali: आरिफ शेख्) (born 5 October 1997) is a Nepalese cricketer, who is the current vice-captain of the Nepal national under-19 cricket team. All-rounder Aarif is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler.[1] He made his debut for Nepal against Hong Kong in May 2014.[2]

He represents the APF Club of the National League and GoldenGate International College, which plays in the SPA Cup.

Playing career

Aarif first represented Nepal Under-19s in the 2014 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup in December 2013. He scored 25 runs against Pakistan,[3] 40 runs against India[4] and 48 runs against UAE[5] in the tournament.

In the national one day tournament held in Kathmandu, he was named Player of the Tournament where he scored a total of 261 runs with an average of 52.20 and picked up 11 wickets.[6]

Following his impressive performances in the national tournament, he was selected in the national squad for the 2014 ACC Premier League.[7] Playing his debut match for Nepal, he picked up 2 wickets against Hong Kong where he also bowled the Hong Kong captain Jamie Atkinson.[2] He also picked up 2 wickets in the match against Afghanistan.[8]

He went India along with his teammate Karan KC in September 2014 for a 10-day training at Just Cricket Academy in Bangalore before participating in the 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament.[9]

He represented Nepal Under-19s in the 2014 ACC Under-19 Premier League, where he was the second leading run scorer. He scored 190 runs in 5 innings at an average of 38.00.[10] He made List A debut in 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Two in Namibia in January 2015.[11]

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