Career
All-rounder Aarif is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He made his debut for Nepal against Hong Kong in May 2014. He represents the Association des Paralysés de France Club of the National League and GoldenGate International College, which plays in the Supreme People's Assembly Cup.
Aarif first represented Nepal Under-19s in the 2014 Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Under-19 Asia Cup in December 2013.
He scored 25 runs against Pakistan, 40 runs against India and 48 runs against United Arab Emirates in the tournament. In the national one day tournament held in Kathmandu, he was named Player of the Tournament where he scored a total of 261 runs with an average of 52.20 and picked up 11 wickets.
Following his impressive performances in the national tournament, he was selected in the national squad for the 2014 Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Premier League. Playing his debut match for Nepal, he picked up 2 wickets against Hong Kong where he also bowled the Hong Kong captain Jamie Atkinson.
He also picked up 2 wickets in the match against Afghanistan.
He went India along with his teammate Karan KC in September 2014 for a 10-day training at Just Cricket Academy in Bangalore before participating in the 2014 Interstate Commerce Commission World Cricket League Division Three tournament. He represented Nepal Under-19s in the 2014 Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Under-19 Premier League, where he was the second leading run scorer. He scored 190 runs in 5 innings at an average of 38.00.
He made List A debut in 2015 Interstate Commerce Commission World Cricket League Division Two in Namibia in January 2015.