Individual award: Aasif Sheikh was the recipient of the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award 2022, announced on 26 January 2023. He became the first player from Nepal to win the award; this is an award-year marker, not a current performance total.
About
Aasif Sheikh is a Nepal international wicketkeeper-batter who bats right-handed. The ICC player profile lists him as a wicketkeeper and records his international career debut year as 2021.
Sources checked 14 Oct 2026. Highlights are dated records.
About Aasif Sheikh
Aasif Sheikh is a Nepal international wicketkeeper-batter who bats right-handed. The ICC player profile lists him as a wicketkeeper and records his international career debut year as 2021.
Born on 22 June 2001, Sheikh made an immediate impression on T20I debut with an unbeaten 54 against the Netherlands in 2021, according to ESPNcricinfo's player biography. That start established him as an opening option as well as a wicketkeeper.
He adapted quickly to one-day cricket: ESPNcricinfo records a fluent 90 against Oman in his fourth ODI, five months after his T20I debut. The same profile says his first ODI century came against Papua New Guinea in 2023, when he finished as Nepal's leading ODI run-scorer with 595 runs.
Sheikh's defining fair-play moment came against Ireland in the Oman Quadrangular T20I Series on 14 February 2022. After bowler Kamal Singh Airee collided with non-striker Andy McBrine, the throw reached Sheikh with McBrine short of his crease; Sheikh chose not to remove the bails.
The ICC named Sheikh the recipient of its 2022 Spirit of Cricket Award on 26 January 2023, making him the first player from Nepal to win it. MCC also records that the same act later received its separate 2022 Christopher Martin-Jenkins Spirit of Cricket Award; the two awards should not be conflated. This fair play profile keeps the award's official name—ICC Spirit of Cricket Award—rather than treating it as the IPL's team prize.
Fair play recognition and career milestones
Entries are ordered by their own dates. They describe verified records in this profile, not a live career-statistics feed or a guarantee of current selection.
Recipient of the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award 2022
The ICC announced Aasif Sheikh as the recipient of its 2022 Spirit of Cricket Award for choosing not to run out Ireland's Andy McBrine after an accidental collision; he became the first Nepal player to win it.
In Nepal's Oman Quadrangular series match against Ireland, Sheikh received a throw with Andy McBrine short of his crease but did not whip off the bails after McBrine had fallen during an accidental collision.
ESPNcricinfo records Sheikh's first ODI hundred as coming against Papua New Guinea in 2023, the year it also identifies him as Nepal's leading ODI run-scorer with 595 runs.
MCC announced Sheikh as the recipient of its separate 2022 Christopher Martin-Jenkins Spirit of Cricket Award for the same sportsmanship incident; this is distinct from the ICC individual award.
Dated milestone: Arshdeep Singh became the first India men's bowler to reach 100 T20I wickets on 19 September 2025, dismissing Oman's Vinayak Shukla in the Asia Cup. This is a historical landmark, not a current career total.
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Arshdeep Singh is an Indian left-arm medium-fast bowler whose international profile is built around wicket-taking in T20 cricket. The ICC lists him as a bowler, a left-handed batter and a player who made his international debut in 2022.
A season milestone for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2025, not a career total. The Times of India season table records 357 runs in 14 matches, with a 32.45 average and 132.22 strike rate.
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Shivam Dube is an India international all-rounder from Mumbai who bats left-handed and bowls right-arm medium pace. The ICC lists his international debut year as 2019.
Photo: ICC player profile
