Laxmi Shukla

Laxmi Shukla

India India

Overview

Full Name Laxmi Ratan Shukla
Age 43y 230d
Born Wednesday May 6, 1981, India
Batting Style Right Handed
Bowling Style Right-arm medium
Playing Role

Teams represented

India IndiaElite Group C Elite Group CEast Zone East ZoneIndia A India AIndia Emerging India EmergingIndia Green India GreenIndian Inv XI Indian Inv XIRest of India Rest of IndiaKolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Knight RidersDelhi Capitals Delhi CapitalsIndia Under-19 India Under-19Bengal BengalSunrisers Hyderabad Sunrisers Hyderabad

Biography

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 Indian T20 league contract where he represented Kolkata till 2013. In 2014, he was picked up by Delhi.

Batting

Matches 0
Innings 0
Runs 0
100's - 50's 0 - 0
Sixes - Fours 0 - 0
Average 0
Strike Rate 0
Highest Score (vs 0, 0) 0

Bowling

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Innings 0
Overs 0
Wickets 0
Economy Rate 0
Five-Wicket Haul Innings 0
Ten-Wicket Haul Innings 0
Best Figures (vs 0, 0) 0

Fielding

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Stumpings 0
Run Outs 0

Career Runs

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Career Wickets

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Biography

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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 Indian T20 league contract where he represented Kolkata till 2013. In 2014, he was picked up by Delhi.