Imran Sheikh is a right-handed middle-order batter built for the long innings rather than pure power-hitting. His two biggest domestic performances of 2026 both show the same pattern: patience first, acceleration later. In the Jay Trophy Men's Elite Cup final in March 2026, he anchored Army's first innings with a 137-ball half-century against Nepal Police Club, holding the innings together after early wickets fell. A month later, in the PM Cup 2026 final, he did it again in the run-chase — Army slipped to 56 for 4, and Sheikh built a match-winning 96-run stand with Basir Ahamad, finishing unbeaten on 46 off 82 balls with two sixes and two fours to seal the title. That pairing of technique and temperament under pressure is really his calling card: in the 2024 PM Cup final, he was the one Army batter who saw off the new ball as an opener, top-scoring with 28 off 66 balls even as the team collapsed around him. He also bowls right-arm offbreak as a part-time option, though his bowling numbers in CAN's database (7 wickets at an economy of 6.86 in one recorded format) suggest it is a genuine but secondary skill rather than his primary role.

Imran Sheikh came through Nepal's provincial Under-19 system representing Madhesh Province. In the Naresh Shrestha Memorial U19 Men's National Cricket Tournament, he featured for Madhesh Province U19s, including a knock of 10 off 15 balls in a loss to Sudur Paschim Province U19s on 1 November 2024.

Sheikh now plays List A and multi-day domestic cricket for Tribhuwan Army Club, one of Nepal's three departmental sides (alongside Nepal Police Club and APF Club) that compete in the Prime Minister Cup alongside the seven provincial teams. According to CAN's player database, his cross-format domestic figures read: 9 matches for 188 runs at a strike rate of 122.88 in one format, 8 matches for 72 runs at a strike rate of 46.45 in another, and 6 matches for 6 runs at a strike rate of 50.00 in a third, with 7 wickets at an economy of 6.86 recorded in one of those formats. CAN's database does not clearly label which figures belong to which format, so these should be read as an overall domestic snapshot rather than a format-by-format breakdown.

Jay Trophy Men's Elite Cup Final (17 March 2026): Scored 50 off 137 balls against Nepal Police Club at Mulpani Cricket Ground, anchoring Army's first innings of 221 after early collapses.

PM Cup 2026 Final (17–18 April 2026): Scored an unbeaten 46 off 82 balls, sharing a match-winning 96-run stand with Basir Ahamad, as Army beat Sudurpaschim Province by five wickets to win their third PM Cup title — the first time a provincial side had reached the final, only for a departmental team to prevail.

Imran Sheikh has not been capped by Nepal's senior national team in any format. Claims on some third-party sites of a 2021 T20 World Cup Qualifier debut are unverified — that specific claim appears on a page explicitly flagged by its own publisher as AI-generated and not editorially reviewed, and it is not corroborated by ESPNcricinfo, ICC, or CAN records. This page does not treat that claim as fact.

NPL 2025 (Season 2): Signed by Karnali Yaks as a Category C player for NPR 2,00,000, alongside teammates Pawan Sarraf, Deepak Dumre, and Yuvraj Khatri.

NPL 2026 (Season 3): Signed by Biratnagar Kings for NPR 2,00,000 in the auction, joining a squad led by marquee player Sandeep Lamichhane alongside new teammate Rupesh Kumar Singh. (Note: one lower-quality aggregator site lists him as a 2026 Karnali Yaks signing, but the more detailed Khabarhub auction report — which itemises every team's signings and prices — places him with Biratnagar Kings; this profile follows the more thoroughly sourced report.)

Imran Sheikh has not held a captaincy role at franchise, provincial, departmental, or international level to date. Tribhuwan Army Club's PM Cup-winning side in 2026 was captained by Binod Bhandari. No verified captaincy record is available for Sheikh himself.

22 October 2005 — Born in Birgunj, Parsa, Nepal.

1 November 2024 — Played for Madhesh Province U19s in the Naresh Shrestha Memorial U19 tournament.

2024 PM Cup — Opened the batting for Tribhuwan Army Club in the PM Cup final, top-scoring with 28 off 66 balls in a losing effort.

~August 2025 — Signed by Karnali Yaks for NPR 2,00,000 at the NPL 2025 auction.

17 March 2026 — Scored 50 off 137 balls for Army vs Nepal Police in the Jay Trophy Elite Cup final.

17–18 April 2026 — Unbeaten 46 off 82 balls in the PM Cup 2026 final, helping Army win their third PM Cup title.

~July 2026 — Signed by Biratnagar Kings for NPR 2,00,000 at the NPL 2026 auction.