Pakistani cricketer
Arsal Sheikh
Full name Mohammad Arsal Sheikh
Born (1997-01-22 ) 22 January 1997 (age 27) Islamabad , PakistanBatting Right-handed Bowling Right-arm off break
Arsal Sheikh (born 22 January 1997) is a Pakistani cricketer .[ 1] He made his List A debut on 28 April 2016 for Islamabad in the 2016 Pakistan Cup .[ 2] Prior to his debut, he was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup .[ 3] He made his Twenty20 debut on 31 August 2016 for Lahore Whites in the 2016–17 Cool & Cool Present Jazz National T20 Cup .[ 4] He made his first-class debut for Islamabad in the 2016–17 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy on 22 October 2016.[ 5]
The son of influential PCB official Shakeel Sheikh, his selection in both the national U-19 team in 2016 and, more recently, the Islamabad squad during the Regional One Day Cup in 2016/2017, despite the lukewarm domestic performances, have pushed many analysts to talk of nepotism .[ 6] [ 7]
References
^ "Arsal Sheikh" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 5 May 2016 .
^ "Pakistan Cup, 9th Match: Balochistan v Islamabad at Faisalabad, Apr 28, 2016" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 21 April 2016 .
^ "Gauhar Hafeez to captain Pakistan for U-19 WC" . ESPNCricinfo . Retrieved 19 December 2015 .
^ "National T20 Cup, Karachi Whites v Lahore Whites at Rawalpindi, Aug 31, 2016" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 31 August 2016 .
^ "Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Pool A: Islamabad v United Bank Limited at Islamabad, Oct 22-25, 2016" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 22 October 2016 .
^ The Newspaper's Sports Reporter (9 February 2016), "U-19 defeat disappoints PCB chief" , Dawn News . Retrieved 17 August 2018.
^ Hassan Cheema (14 July 2017), "Why the QeA draft is a bad idea" , ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 17 August 2018.
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