Player profile

Aarif Sheikh

Allrounder

Born: Oct 05, 1997
Batting: Right Handed Bat
Bowling: right-arm medium
From: Birgunj

Batting career

Career totals by format

Batting career statistics
Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	HS
List A	26	282	12.82	55.4	50
ODI	90	2,053	28.92	66.44	84
T20	64	836	19	103.21	61*
T20I	70	828	19.71	114.68	45

Bowling career

Career totals by format

Bowling career statistics
Format	M	Wkts	Econ	Overs	Best
List A	26	5	3.86	29.0	3/9
ODI	90	12	4.67	201.1	1/9
T20	64	16	7.7	35.5	3/23
T20I	70	4	8.25	16.0	1/2

Recent performances

T20 match form

31 May 2026vs CHN, Asian Mens T20I Qualifier 2026, #1T20I

Batting: 11 (10b)
Bowling: —

15 Feb 2026vs WI, T20 WC 2026, #25T20I

Batting: 2 (8b)
Bowling: —

12 Feb 2026vs ITA, T20 WC 2026, #17T20I

Batting: 27 (24b)
Bowling: —

8 Feb 2026vs ENG, T20 WC 2026, #5T20I

Batting: 10 (8b)
Bowling: —

17 Oct 2025vs SAM, T20 WC Asia Qualifier Final 2025, #21T20I

Batting: 9 (7b)
Bowling: —

30 Sep 2025vs WI, WI vs NEP 2025, #3T20I

Batting: 6 (3b)
Bowling: —

21 Dec 2024vs JKB, NPL 2024, FinalT20I

Batting: 1 (3b)
Bowling: —

16 Dec 2024vs KNY, NPL 2024, #28T20I

Batting: 4* (3b)
Bowling: —

15 Dec 2024vs PKA, NPL 2024, #27T20I

Batting: 42* (38b)
Bowling: —

11 Dec 2024vs JKB, NPL 2024, #18T20I

Batting: 6 (9b)
Bowling: —

8 Dec 2024vs CWR, NPL 2024, #15T20I

Batting: 4 (9b)
Bowling: —

7 Dec 2024vs LBL, NPL 2024, #12T20I

Batting: 0 (1b)
Bowling: —

5 Dec 2024vs KMG, NPL 2024, #9T20I

Batting: 3 (3b)
Bowling: —

3 Dec 2024vs BK, NPL 2024, #4T20I

Batting: 9 (5b)
Bowling: —

21 Oct 2024vs USA, NEP vs USA 2024, #3T20I

Batting: —
Bowling: 0/16 (1.0o)

20 Oct 2024vs USA, NEP vs USA 2024, #2T20I

Batting: 1 (1b)
Bowling: —

18 Oct 2024vs USA, NEP vs USA 2024, #1T20I

Batting: 0 (1b)
Bowling: —

13 Mar 2024vs PNG, Hong Kong T20I Tri-Series 2024, FinalT20I

Batting: 15 (20b)
Bowling: —

12 Mar 2024vs PNG, Hong Kong T20I Tri-Series 2024, #2T20I

Batting: 4 (7b)
Bowling: —

9 Mar 2024vs HK, Hong Kong Friendship Cup 2024, #Only MatchT20I

Batting: 38 (21b)
Bowling: —

9 Mar 2024vs HK, Hong Kong Friendship Cup 2024, #Only MatchT20I

Batting: —
Bowling: 1/37 (3.0o)

5 Mar 2024vs NED, Nepal T20I Tri-Series 2024, FinalT20I

Batting: 0 (1b)
Bowling: —

1 Mar 2024vs NAM, Nepal T20I Tri-Series 2024, #4T20I

Batting: 31 (24b)
Bowling: —

About

Player story

A calm composed top-order batsman, Aarif Sheikh is a professional Nepalese cricketer who gradually made progress through the age-group cricket playing for Nepal’s U-19 setup as well. After making his List A debut against Namibia in January 2015, Aarif was first capped at the international stage against the Netherlands in a T20I fixture on July 29th, 2018. The youngster didn’t get an opportunity to showcase his skills as the match ended in a no-result. His arrival at the top level got from bad to worse when he was dismissed on a duck just three days later on his ODI debut against the same opponents. A year after his international debut, Aarif made his first-class debut in November 2019 and started churning runs at the domestic circuit. He caught the selector’s eye and was named in the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup, the same month. The 23-year old was eventually awarded a central contract by the Nepal Cricket Association in September 2020 and he hasn’t looked back since, cementing a spot in Nepal’s limited-overs side. (As of September 2021)