# Aarif Sheikh

_Nepalese cricketer_

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Last updated: 2026-10-21

> Aarif Sheikh is a Nepalese cricketer, who has been a former vice-captain of the Nepal under-19 cricket team and currently plays for the senior team. Aarif is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He made his List A debut for Nepal in the 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament against Namibia on 21 January 2015. He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Nepal's first ever One Day International (ODI) match, against the Netherlands, in August 2018.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 5 October 1997 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17388748#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Birgunj ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17388748#P19))
- **Citizenship:** Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17388748#P27))
- **Occupation:** cricketer ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17388748#P106))
- **X (Twitter):** AarifCric ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17388748#P2002))

## Questions

**When was Aarif Sheikh born?**  
Aarif Sheikh was born on 5 October 1997 in Birgunj.

## Related

- [Birgunj](https://diginpl.com/places/birgunj)

## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Aarif Sheikh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarif_Sheikh) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): आरिफ शेख](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AB_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%96) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q17388748](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17388748) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Aarif.Sheikh.png by Nepalese Diaspora (CC BY-SA 4.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aarif.Sheikh.png)

## Licence and attribution

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