Aarif Sheikh
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| Born | 5 October 1997 Birgunj, Nepal |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2015–2015 | APF (National League) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2015 | GoldenGate (SPA Cup) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2014 | Birgunj (National League) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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]
Honors
References
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External links
- Aarif Sheikh on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Player profile: Aarif Sheikh from ESPNcricinfo
- Aarif Sheikh on CricketArchive
- Aarif Sheikh's Facebook Profile
