Laxmi Ratan Shukla

Laxmi Ratan Shukla
Personal information
Born 6 May 1981 (1981-05-06) (age 30)
Haora, West Bengal, India
Nickname Bittu
Batting style Right hand bat
Bowling style Right arm medium fast
Role Bowler
International information
National side India
ODI debut 22 March 1999 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI 5 September 1999 v West Indies
Career statistics
Competition ODIs FC List A T20
Matches 3 103 107 42
Runs scored 18 4389 2291 592
Batting average 9.00 34.55 30.95 23.68
100s/50s 0/0 5/26 2/12 0/1
Top score 13 250 136 76
Balls bowled 114 9076 3807 516
Wickets 1 121 105 28
Bowling average 94.00 36.09 26.87 23.60
5 wickets in innings - - - -
10 wickets in match - - - -
Best bowling 1/25 6/86 4/13 3/6
Catches/stumpings 1/0 51/- 42/- 11/-
Source: Cricinfo, 11 October 2011

Laxmi Ratan Shukla (born May 6, 1981) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He is also a player in the IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders

Shukla was born in Howrah, West Bengal, India and did his schooling at Shree Hanumaan Jute Mill Hindi High School & Technical School, Liluah. He caught attention in the Ranji Trophy in the 1997-98 season, and rose to prominence for performing well for the Indian under-19s team in the MTN Youth World Cup in South Africa. He was a part of the Bengal team in the Wills Trophy, in which they got to the semi-final. In 2000 he was picked for the National Cricket Academy.

International career

Because of impressive performances in domestic level Shukla got a national call in 1999. He was controversially dropped in favour of Ashish Nehra in the first Test he was slated to play, against Sri Lanka at Colombo in the Asian Test Championship, even after his name appeared in the 11-member squad flashed on the electronic scoreborad at the ground. He made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka on March 22, 1999 in Nagpur. His international career ended without any major impact. He played his last ODI against West Indies in 1999.