| Rakesh Parikh | |
| Country: | India |
| Fullname: | Rakesh Bipinbhai Parikh |
| Birth Date: | 13 December 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Halol, Gujarat, India |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Role: | Batsman |
| Club1: | Baroda |
| Year1: | 1983/84–1995/96 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 52 |
| Runs1: | 3,721 |
| Bat Avg1: | 45.37 |
| 100S/50S1: | 9/19 |
| Top Score1: | 218 |
| Deliveries1: | 42 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 34/– |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 5 |
| Runs2: | 95 |
| Bat Avg2: | 19.00 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
| Top Score2: | 39 |
| Deliveries2: | – |
| Wickets2: | – |
| Bowl Avg2: | – |
| Fivefor2: | – |
| Tenfor2: | n/a |
| Best Bowling2: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 1/– |
| Date: | 7 February |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/32563.html ESPNcricinfo |
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.
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]