FULL NAME: Rashmi Ranjan Parida (also known as Teddy)
GENDER: Male
BORN: July 7, 1977 in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
FAMILY: Father (Gajendra Parida), mother (Kamalini Parida), wife (Sagarika), daughter (Dristi).
HOME ADDRESS: Plot No 248-A, Aerodrum Gate area, Lane-3, Bhubaneswar-20, Orissa.
E-MAIL: teddy248@rediffmail.com
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: LL.B, Utkal University
PROFESSION: Working as Senior Traffic Assistant with Air India at Bhubaneswar.
TYPE OF PLAYER: Right-hand middle-order batsman, who does wicket-keeping and leg-break bowling occasionally.
COACH: Rajendra Mohanty, Late Kamal Ganguly and Shasank Das
HOME CLUB: Sahid Sporting, Bhubaneswar.
HOBBIES: Music and other sports (Soccer).
BEST MOMENT OF CAREER: Winning the Ranji Trophy for Rajasthan in 2010-2011
WORST MOMENT: When he got slip disk and was in terrible pain in 2004.
FAVOURITE SHOT: Late Cut
BEST INNINGS: For Rajasthan – the finals in 2010-2011. For Orissa - 162 against Madhya Pradesh in Gwalior in the quarter final in 2000-2001. It helped Orissa to qualify for semi final.

AWARDS/HONOURS:
*    Ekalabya Award in 2001
*    Best cricketer award by Nalco in 2000
*    Pragativadi Cricketer of the Year Award in 1997
*    Cricketer of the Year awar.d by Directorate of Sports, 1999 and 2000.

OVERALL CAREER PERFORMANCE:

BATTING & FIELDING:
FIRST CLASS: 139 matches, 218 innings, 21 not outs, 8317 runs, average 42.21, highest score 220, 16 hundreds, 51 fifties, 115 catches.
LIST A: 66 matches, 61 innings, 6 not-outs, total 2063 runs, highest 122, average 37.50, 2 centuries, 15 fifties, 25 catches.

BOWLING:
FIRST CLASS: 139 matches, 7 overs, 30 runs, 0 wicket.
LIST A: 66 matches, 3 overs, 13 runs, 0 wicket.

FIRST AND LAST MATCHES:
First-class debut: 1994/1995
Last First-class: Himachal Pradesh vs Hyderabad at Hyderaba, Feb 6 to 9, 2015.
List A debut: 1994/1995.
Last List A: Himachal Pradesh vs Services at Dharamsala, Nov 6, 2014.

RECENT PERFORMANCE:
0: Himachal Pradesh vs Hyderabad at Hyderabad, 6 Feb 2015
26: Himachal Pradesh vs Tripura at Agartala, 29 Jan 2015
52: Himachal Pradesh vs Andhra at Dharamsala, 21 Jan 2015
4, 12: Himachal Pradesh vs Jharkhand at Dharamsala, 13 Jan 2015
2: Himachal Pradesh vs Kerala at Dharamsala, 5 Jan 2015
64: Himachal Pradesh vs Assam at Guwahati, 28 Dec 2014
88: Himachal Pradesh vs Goa at Porvorim, 21 Dec 2014
58: Himachal Pradesh vs Services at Delhi, 7 Dec 2014
13: Himachal Pradesh vs Services at Dharamsala, 6 Nov 2014, LA
12: Air India vs Food Corporation of India at Mumbai, 18 Feb 2014
57: Air India vs CE & C, BCCI Corporate Trophy match at Pune, Feb 4, 2013.
10: Air India vs BPCL, BCCI Corporate Trophy match at Pune, Feb 2, 2013.
5: Air India vs Chemplast, BCCI Corporate Trophy match at Pune, Feb 1, 2013.
31, 1: Rajasthan vs Hyderabad, Ranji match at Jaipur, Dec 29, 2012.
0, 3: Rajasthan vs Saurashtra, Ranji match at Jaipur, Dec 22, 2012.
8, 0: Rajasthan vs Railways, Ranji match at Bhubaneswar, Dec 15, 2012.
36, 4: Rajasthan vs Gujarat, Ranji match at Ahmedabad, Dec 8, 2012.
10, 33: Rajasthan vs Punjab, Ranji match at Mohali, Dec 1, 2012.
108: Rajasthan vs Madhya Pradesh, Ranji match at Jaipur, Nov 17, 2012.
28: Rajasthan vs Mumbai, Ranji match at Jaipur, Nov 9, 2012.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Appointed Head Coach of Odisha Senior Men Cricket Team for the third successive season by Odisha Cricket Association on 27 November, 2020.
*     Appointed chief coach of the State Ranji Team for the season 2018-19 on August 24, 2018.
*     On August 10, 2015, he was appointed as the batting coach of Odisha Ranji and under-23 teams for the season 2015-16.
*    Led Odisha in Ranji Trophy championship for three seasons.
*    Under his captaincy Orissa won the East Zone one-day tournament for the first time in 1999-2000.
*    After serving Orissa for 14 years, Parida changed his allegiance to Assam in 2008.
*    He made another change change of allegiance to represent Rajasthan in Ranji Trophy.
*    Played County cricket for North Allerton Cricket Club for three years from 2005 to 2007.
*    His most memorable match was against Madhya Pradesh in Ranji Trophy quarterfinal at Gwalior in 2000. Orissa won the match after chasing around 450 runs.
*    Scored 171 to guide Orissa to semifinals for the first time in the history of Orissa cricket.
*    Married Sagarika, an Oissi dancer, on 14th July, 2002 and became a father of girls child on 27th June, 2008.
*     Praising Parida’s batting, forme India Test opener Aakash Chopra wrote in his book `Out of the Blues’: He is one of the best players of spin bowling I have come across... it looks like he is trying not to hurt the ball while hitting it. When I see someone like that at the top of his game I count my blessings. I may not be half as good as him, but I am the proud owner of an India cap.
*     In his 88 Ranji appearances for the Odisha, Parida recorded 5,830 runs.
*     Representing Assam for one season in 2008-2009, he scored 333 runs in five Ranji matches.
*     Played in two Ranji Trophy finals for Rajasthan.
*     Played five years in the North Yorkshire-South Durham league.
*     In the 2011 Ranji Triophy final, he scored 56 and 89 against Baroda to help Rajasthan win the title. He was adjudged the man of the final.
*     Parida’s father, an engineer by profession, wanted him to follow his footsteps.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 15 June, 2008
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 29 November, 2020