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Born |
Birgunj, Nepal |
5 October 1997 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. He made his debut for Nepal against Hong Kong in May 2014.
He represents the APF Club of the National League and GoldenGate International College, which plays in the SPA Cup.
Aarif first represented Nepal Under-19s in the 2014 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup in December 2013. He scored 25 runs against Pakistan, 40 runs against India and 48 runs against UAE 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.
Following his impressive performances in the national tournament, he was selected in the national squad for the 2014 ACC Premier League. Playing his debut match for Nepal, he picked up 2 wickets against Hong Kong where he also bowled the Hong Kong captain Jamie Atkinson. He also picked up 2 wickets in the match against Afghanistan.