Arsal Sheikh

{{Short description|Pakistani cricketer (born 1997)}}

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| fullname = Mohammad Arsal Sheikh

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|1|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Islamabad, Pakistan

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm off break

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| date = 5 May 2016

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/959793.html ESPNcricinfo

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Arsal Sheikh (born 22 January 1997) is a Pakistani cricketer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/959793.html |title=Arsal Sheikh |accessdate=5 May 2016 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}} He made his List A debut on 28 April 2016 for Islamabad in the 2016 Pakistan Cup.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/998331.html |title=Pakistan Cup, 9th Match: Balochistan v Islamabad at Faisalabad, Apr 28, 2016 |accessdate=21 April 2016 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}} Prior to his debut, he was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/953371.html |title=Gauhar Hafeez to captain Pakistan for U-19 WC |accessdate=19 December 2015 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}} He made his Twenty20 debut on 31 August 2016 for Lahore Whites in the 2016–17 Cool & Cool Present Jazz National T20 Cup.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1047773.html |title=National T20 Cup, Karachi Whites v Lahore Whites at Rawalpindi, Aug 31, 2016 |accessdate=31 August 2016 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}} He made his first-class debut for Islamabad in the 2016–17 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy on 22 October 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1047887.html |title=Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Pool A: Islamabad v United Bank Limited at Islamabad, Oct 22-25, 2016 |accessdate=22 October 2016 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}

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.The Newspaper's Sports Reporter (9 February 2016), [https://www.dawn.com/news/1238333 "U-19 defeat disappoints PCB chief"], Dawn News. Retrieved 17 August 2018.Hassan Cheema (14 July 2017), [http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/20023882/why-qea-draft-bad-idea "Why the QeA draft is a bad idea"], ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2018.