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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian former first-class cricketer (born 1963)}}<br />
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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Rakesh Parikh<br />
| image = <br />
| country = India<br />
| fullname = Rakesh Bipinbhai Parikh<br />
| nickname = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|12|13|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Halol]], [[Gujarat]], India<br />
| heightft = <br />
| heightinch = <br />
| heightm = <br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling =<br />
| role = Batsman<br />
| club1 = [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]<br />
| year1 = 1983/84–1995/96<br />
| clubnumber1 = <br />
| columns = 2<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]<br />
| matches1 = 52<br />
| runs1 = 3,721<br />
| bat avg1 = 45.37<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 9/19<br />
| top score1 = 218<br />
| deliveries1 = 42<br />
| wickets1 = 0<br />
| bowl avg1 = –<br />
| fivefor1 = –<br />
| tenfor1 = –<br />
| best bowling1 = –<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 34/–<br />
| column2 = [[List A cricket|List A]]<br />
| matches2 = 5<br />
| runs2 = 95<br />
| bat avg2 = 19.00<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0<br />
| top score2 = 39<br />
| deliveries2 = –<br />
| wickets2 = –<br />
| bowl avg2 = –<br />
| fivefor2 = –<br />
| tenfor2 = n/a<br />
| best bowling2 = –<br />
| catches/stumpings2 = 1/–<br />
| date = 7 February<br />
| year = 2016<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/32563.html ESPNcricinfo<br />
}}<br />
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'''Rakesh Parikh''' (born 13 December 1963) is an Indian former [[first-class cricket|first-class]] [[cricket]]er who played for [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]. As of January 2016, he is a member of the Indian junior team selection committee.<br />
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==Career==<br />
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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Batting and Fielding in Ranji Trophy 1989/90 (Ordered by Runs)|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1989-90/Batting_by_Runs.html|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 February 2016}}</ref> He also scored his personal best 218 in the same season, playing for West Zone against South Zone in the Duleep Trophy.<ref>{{cite web|title=South Zone v West Zone in 1989/90|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/52/52212.html|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 February 2016}}</ref><br />
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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]].<ref name="4 August 2015">{{cite web|last1=Pandey|first1=Devendra|title=We chose Virat Kohli due to his match winning abilities, recalls former India U-19 selector|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/we-chose-virat-kohli-due-to-his-match-winning-abilities/|publisher=The Indian Express|accessdate=7 February 2016}}</ref> He became the junior team selector for the second time in November 2015, before which he was the vice-president of BCA.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Viswanath|first1=G.|title=Parikh enters as VP, walks out as paid selector|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/parikh-enters-as-vp-walks-out-as-paid-selector/article7870767.ece|work=The Hindu|accessdate=7 February 2016|date=13 November 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rakesh Parikh nominated India manager for Sri Lanka tour|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/top-stories/Rakesh-Parikh-nominated-India-manager-for-Sri-Lanka-tour/articleshow/48242355.cms|work=The Times of India|accessdate=7 February 2016|date=27 July 2015}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cricinfo|ref=ci/content/player/32563.html}}<br />
* {{cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Players/18/18291/18291.html}}<br />
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[[Category:1963 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Baroda cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:West Zone cricketers]]<br />
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