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.
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| Full name | Rakesh Bipinbhai Parikh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 December 1963 Halol, Gujarat, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983/84–1995/96 | Baroda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 February 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career
editParikh 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.[1] He also scored his personal best 218 in the same season, playing for West Zone against South Zone in the Duleep Trophy.[2]
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.[3] He became the junior team selector for the second time in November 2015, before which he was the vice-president of BCA.[4] 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.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Batting and Fielding in Ranji Trophy 1989/90 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ^ "South Zone v West Zone in 1989/90". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Viswanath, G. (13 November 2015). "Parikh enters as VP, walks out as paid selector". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ^ "Rakesh Parikh nominated India manager for Sri Lanka tour". The Times of India. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
External links
edit- Rakesh Parikh at ESPNcricinfo
- Rakesh Parikh at CricketArchive (subscription required)