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Laxmi Shukla
India
Player profile
Full name Laxmi Ratan Shukla
Born May 6, 1981, Howrah (now Haora), Bengal
Current age 27 years 116 days
Major teams India, Bengal, Kolkata Knight Riders
Also known as Bittu
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| ODIs |
3 |
2 |
0 |
18 |
13 |
9.00 |
19 |
94.73 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| First-class |
86 |
119 |
11 |
3415 |
141 |
31.62 |
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2 |
24 |
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46 |
0 |
| List A |
90 |
75 |
13 |
2008 |
136 |
32.38 |
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2 |
11 |
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37 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
20 |
19 |
7 |
336 |
76 |
28.00 |
254 |
132.28 |
0 |
1 |
28 |
10 |
5 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| ODIs |
3 |
3 |
114 |
94 |
1 |
1/25 |
1/25 |
94.00 |
4.94 |
114.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
86 |
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7747 |
3806 |
102 |
6/86 |
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37.31 |
2.94 |
75.9 |
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2 |
0 |
| List A |
90 |
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2963 |
2191 |
83 |
4/13 |
4/13 |
26.39 |
4.43 |
35.6 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
20 |
16 |
186 |
265 |
14 |
3/6 |
3/6 |
18.92 |
8.54 |
13.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| ODI debut |
India v Sri Lanka at Nagpur, Mar 22, 1999 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
India v West Indies at Singapore, Sep 5, 1999 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| First-class debut |
1997/98 |
| Last First-class |
Bengal v Andhra at Kolkata, Dec 25-27, 2007 scorecard |
| List A debut |
1998/99 |
| Last List A |
Bengal v Saurashtra at Visakhapatnam, Apr 10, 2008 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut |
Assam v Bengal at Kolkata, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 |
Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab at Kolkata, May 25, 2008 scorecard |
Laxmi Ratan Shukla made his Ranji Trophy debut for Bengal in the 1997-98 season against Maharashtra. Still in his teens, he rose into prominence soon and made the Indian under-19 team for the MTN Youth World Cup in South Africa in 1998. On his return, he captured the selectors' imagination with his match winning century as an opener for Bengal in the Wills Trophy semi-final against Delhi the next season. But he had a rude awakening to the realities of international
cricket when he was plundered for 32 runs in the four overs he bowled at the Sri Lankans on his debut in the Pepsi Cup later that same season. He put up a marginally better performance in his next match against West Indies in the Coca-Cola Singapore Challenge. But after that he has been ignored by the selectors. In early 2000, Shukla was picked as a trainee for the National
Cricket Academy. But he had to leave due to injuries. A good middle-order bat and a steady medium-pace bowler, he still has youth in his favour as he will undoubtedly make amends and try and force his way back into the national side.
Natarajan Sriram
Nov 17, 2000 |
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Laxmi Shukla, Portrait, 2000
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Sep 6, 1999 |
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Shukla fires the ball in from the outfield
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Sep 5, 1999 |
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Shukla's bowling action
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