Rashmi Ranjan Parida Biography 
Rashmi Ranjan Parida is an Indian cricketer who plays domestic cricket. He is a right handed batsman. He has been a part of Odisha, Rajasthan and Assam state cricket teams and he currently plays with Vidarbha. He played a crucial role in the Ranji matches for Rajasthan in the 2010–11 and 2013-14 seasons. He plays cricket since mid-1990s. Parida has played a key role in Ranji trophy with the Rajasthan during its glorious period of 1998-1999 season to 2005-2006. He appeared in 88 matches during this period with a state recorded 5,830 runs.
Rashmi Ranjan Parida, also known as Rashmi Parida hails from Bhubaneswar, Odisha. He was born in the year 1977. Started his career in the year 1994, he completed two decades in this field accumulating over 8000 runs during this period at a batting average of 42.8. He started playing with Odisha and later played for Rajasthan and Assam too. His name was mentioned in Aakash Chopra’s book Out of the Blues, in which the author described him as one of the best players of spin bowling he has come across.
Parida’s father was an engineer, who wanted his son to follow his footsteps. During his plus-two studies, Parida attended a selection trial of Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology where he got selected to Bihar team for the All India University Competition. His talent was spotted by his coach Rajendra Mohanty who encouraged him to join a professional club. He started playing for Saheed Sporting club as a team member of Under-19 Odisha team.
He played his first Ranji match during 1994-1995 season, and thus convinced his father to choose cricket as his profession. Debasish Mohanty and Shiv Sunder Das were among his club members who played to team India A. Both of them have played for National cricket team.
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Updated: May 29, 2016
