Batting style Right-handed Bowling style Right-arm medium 2015–2015 GoldenGate (SPA Cup) | Role All-rounder Name Aarif Sheikh | |
Born 5 October 1997 (age 27) ( 1997-10-05 ) Birgunj, Nepal | ||
Interview with aarif sheikh
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.
Contents
- Interview with aarif sheikh
- Aarif sheikh speaks on his comeback to national side
- Playing career
- References
He represents the APF Club of the National League and GoldenGate International College, which plays in the SPA Cup.
Aarif sheikh speaks on his comeback to national side
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, 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.
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.
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. He made List A debut in 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Two in Namibia in January 2015.