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Indian first-class cricketer, born 1963

Rakesh Parikh
Personal information
Full nameRakesh Bipinbhai Parikh
Born (1963-12-13) 13 December 1963 (age 61)
Halol, Gujarat, India
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1983/84–1995/96Baroda
Career statistics
Competition FC List A
Matches 52 5
Runs scored 3,721 95
Batting average 45.37 19.00
100s/50s 9/19 0/0
Top score 218 39
Balls bowled 42 –
Wickets 0 –
Bowling average – –
5 wickets in innings – –
10 wickets in match – n/a
Best bowling – –
Catches/stumpings 34/– 1/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 February 2016

Rakesh Parikh (born 13 December 1963) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who played for Baroda. As of January 2016, he is a member of the Indian junior team selection committee.

Career

Parikh played as a right-handed opening batsman and appeared in 52 first-class and 5 List A matches. He scored more than 3700 first-class runs at an average of over 45 and nine hundreds, in a career lasted for 13 seasons starting from 1983–84 at the age of 21. He was the second-highest run-getter of the 1989–90 Ranji Trophy in which he scored 716 runs in 6 games at an average of 89.50 with three centuries. He also scored his personal best 218 in the same season, playing for West Zone against South Zone in the Duleep Trophy.

Parikh worked with the Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) after retirement. He was a member of Indian junior team selection committee from 2006 to 2008. He was on the selection committee that selected Virat Kohli as the Indian captain for the 2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He became the junior team selector for the second time in November 2015, before which he was the vice-president of BCA. He also worked on the National Cricket Academy Board appointed by the BCCI. Parikh was the Indian team manager on its Sri Lankan tour in August 2015.

References

  1. "Batting and Fielding in Ranji Trophy 1989/90 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  2. "South Zone v West Zone in 1989/90". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  3. Pandey, Devendra. "We chose Virat Kohli due to his match winning abilities, recalls former India U-19 selector". The Indian Express. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  4. Viswanath, G. (13 November 2015). "Parikh enters as VP, walks out as paid selector". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  5. "Rakesh Parikh nominated India manager for Sri Lanka tour". The Times of India. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2016.

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