Rakesh Parikh

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.

Rakesh Parikh
Personal information
Full nameRakesh Bipinbhai Parikh
Born (1963-12-13) 13 December 1963
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

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.[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
  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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