Profile
Hailing from Bengal, Laxmi Ratan Shukla made his first-class debut in the 1997-98 Ranji season against Maharashtra. He made it to the India Under-19 team for the MTN Youth World Cup in 1998. The next season, he hit a match-winning century as an opening batsman in the Wills Trophy semi-final against Delhi.
In 2000, Shukla was picked to train at the National Cricket Academy but dropped out due to injuries. He had a disastrous beginning to his ODI career when he was hit for 32 runs in 4 overs against Sri Lanka in his debut. Later, he performed decently at the Coca Cola series against West Indies, but was unfortunately ignored by the selectors. He participated in the rebel league but backed out soon after BCCI’s announcement of fee hikes for domestic players. Shukla was then awarded with the captaincy of Bengal following an IPL contract where he represents the Kolkata.
Statistics
Show:
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Runs |
NO |
Avg. |
SR |
100's |
50's |
HS |
| ODI |
3 |
2 |
18 |
0 |
9 |
94.73 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
| IPL |
42 |
31 |
374 |
7 |
15.58 |
119.87 |
0 |
0 |
48* |
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Balls |
Runs |
Wickets |
BBI |
BBM |
Avg. |
Econ. |
4w |
5w |
10w |
Extras |
| ODI |
3 |
3 |
114 |
94 |
1 |
1/25 |
/ |
94 |
4.94 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
| IPL |
42 |
22 |
258 |
364 |
14 |
3/6 |
/ |
26 |
8.46 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
| |
Catches |
Stumpings |
Runouts |
| ODI |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| IPL |
13 |
0 |
6 |
Career
Span:
- ODI:
- 1999-1999
- IPL:
- 2008-2013
- ODI
-
- Debut:
- India Vs Sri Lanka at Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur - Mar 22, 1999
- Last played:
- India Vs West Indies at Kallang Ground, Singapore - Sep 05, 1999
- IPL
-
- Debut:
- Kolkata Vs Bangalore at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore - Karnataka - Apr 18, 2008
- Last played:
- Kolkata Vs Chennai at Eden Gardens, Kolkata - Apr 20, 2013
