Mukund Harishkumar Parmar (born 13 November 1968) is an Indian former

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adju ...

er who played for

Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the List of states and union territories ...

. As of February 2016, he works as the head coach of

Andhra Andhra Pradesh (ISO: , , AP) is a state on the east coast of southern India. It is the seventh-largest state and the tenth-most populous in the country. Telugu is the most widely spoken language in the state, as well as its official lang ...

Career

A right-handed middle-order batsman who bowled part-time

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, Parmar represented Gujarat for 19 seasons after making his debut at the age of 19 in 1988. He made a total of 6674 runs in first-class cricket at an average close to 50, and scored 20 centuries. He was successful with the bat in the

1990–91 Ranji Trophy The 1990–91 Ranji Trophy was the 57th season of the Ranji Trophy cricket tournament. Haryana defeated Bombay by 2 runs in the closest Ranji final in history. Group stage North Zone Central Zone East Zone South Zone West Zone K ...

, scoring 691 runs in four matches at 115.16 and four hundreds. Soon after, he became a regular member of the West Zone team and appeared for Wills XI. Parmar made three hundreds in three consecutive first-class innings during the

1995–96 Ranji Trophy The 1995–96 Ranji Trophy was the 62nd season of the Ranji Trophy. Karnataka defeated Tamil Nadu on first innings lead in the finals. For the first time, three teams in the semifinals were from the same zone - Hyderabad being the third team fro ...

, scoring 174 and 101 against Saurashtra followed by his personal best score of 283 against Maharashtra. He captained Gujarat in 47 matches during the latter part of his career, but was relatively less successful with the bat having made only four centuries in his last nine first-class seasons. Parmar became a cricket coach after his playing career. After officiating in a few games as match referee in 2007, Parmar completed the NCA Level C course and became a batting consultant at the

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. In 2011/12 he worked as the chairman of the selection committee of the

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. He was appointed as the head coach of Gujarat ahead of the 2012/13 season and Gujarat went on to win the

2012–13 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy The 2012–13 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was the fifth edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, an annual Twenty20 tournament in India. Played from 17 to 31 March 2013, it was contested by all 27 Ranji Trophy teams. Gujarat Gujarat () is a S ...

. He coached the India under-23s in 2013 to victory in the ACC Emerging Teams Cup. During the 2014/15 season, he was made the head coach of Andhra.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Parmar, Mukund 1968 births Living people Indian cricketers 20th-century Indian sportsmen Gujarat cricketers West Zone cricketers Indian cricket coaches