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Alishan Sharafu (born 10 January 2003) is a cricketer who plays for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team. He was named in the United Arab Emirates squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In their plate semi-final match against Nigeria, Sharafu scored an unbeaten 59 runs and was named the man of the match. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut on 23 February 2020, against Iran, in the 2020 ACC Western Region T20 tournament.

In December 2020, Sharafu was one of ten cricketers to be awarded a year-long part-time contract by the Emirates Cricket Board. In January 2021, he was named in the UAE's One Day International (ODI) squad to play against Ireland. He made his ODI debut against Ireland, on 8 January 2021. However, the following day he tested positive for COVID-19, resulting in the next ODI match being rescheduled.

In January 2022, Sharafu was named as the captain of the UAE team for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies.

References

1. "Alishan Sharafu". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
2. "Alishan Sharafu aces every test to emerge as future star of UAE batting". The National. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
3. "ECB announce team to represent the UAE in ICC U19 CWC 2020". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
4. "13th Place Play-off Semi-Final, Potchefstroom, Jan 30 2020, ICC Under-19 World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
5. "Akhil Kumar, Nicholas Manohar dismantle Japan Under-19s". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
6. "1st Match, Group B, Al Amarat, Feb 23 2020, ACC Western Region T20". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
7. "Rameez Shahzad omitted from latest list of centrally contracted UAE cricketers". The National. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
8. "Emirates Cricket Board announce team to play Ireland in 4-ODI series". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
9. "We felt like we gained a lot from the IPL, says UAE captain Ahmed Raza". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
10. "1st ODI, Abu Dhabi, Jan 8 2021, Ireland tour of United Arab Emirates". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
11. "Alishan Sharafu third UAE player to test positive for Covid-19". The National. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
12. "Emirates Cricket Board announce team to compete in ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2022". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 4 January 2022.

External links

• Alishan Sharafu at ESPNcricinfo

v t e United Arab Emirates squad – 2022 Men's T20 World Cup
7 Sharafu 8 Meiyappan 10 Waseem 14 Daud 15 Suri 17 Basil 19 Zahoor 33 Vriitya (vc, wk) 50 Aayan 55 Nawaz 69 A. Raza 77 Lakra 91 Sabir 92 Siddique 86 Rizwan (c) Coach: Robin Singh
Sultan Ahmed, Sanchit Sharma, Adhitya Shetty and Vishnu Sukumaran as reserves for the team. Fahad Nawaz replaced Zawar Farid due to injury.

• 2003 births
• Living people
• Emirati cricketers
• United Arab Emirates One Day International cricketers
• United Arab Emirates Twenty20 International cricketers
• Cricketers from Kerala
• Indian emigrants to the United Arab Emirates
• Indian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates