Born on May 6, 1981, Laxmi Ratan Shukla is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He represents Bengal cricket team. 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 and the Don Bosco High & 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 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 selected 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 22 March 1999 in Nagpur. His international career ended without any major impact. He played his last ODI against West Indies in 1999.
He was by far the brightest performer as Bengal (captained by Sourav Ganguly) won its first Vijay Hazare Trophy in 2012. In the group stage match against Jharkhand at Eden Gardens, he scored 151* from 96 balls (16 fours, 8 sixes) to chase down Jharkhand’s score of 280/6 in just 38.1 overs. In the next match against Tripura at the Jadavpur University Sports Complex, after being bowled out to only 198 in 49 overs, he took 4/37 to bowl out Tripura for just 168 in 37.4 overs. In the quarter final, he took 2/37 against Madhya Pradesh. He took the wicket of Punjab’s highest scorer Mandeep Singh (66) in the semifinal.
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Questions of this week:
1. Name the left-arm spinner from Jharkhand, who was picked in 30-member probables for T20 World Cup?
2. For which team Dinesh Kaarthick played in Indian Premier League (IPL) Season-6?
3. Who will lead New Zealand in the upcoming ODI Series against India?
4. Who was highest wicket-taker for J&K in the Ranji trophy quarterfinal match against Punjab at Vadodara in Gujarat?
5. Who is Dennis Lillee?
Answers of the last week:
1. Stuart Binny 2. KKR 3. Jacques Kallis 4. Parvez Rasool 5. Former New Zealand Fast Bowler.
The best entry of this week was received from Vishal Singh, Gole Gujral Camp, Talab Tilloo, Jammu.
The other entries of the week were from Sanjay Dhar, Lane-1, H No-3, Upper Laxmi Nagar, Sarwal, Jammu; Tushar Mahajan, H No 55 Lower Laxmi Nagar Sarwal, Jammu;
Ravi Verma, Janipu, Jammu; Ramesh Singh Jasrotia, Kathua; Puneet Kumar, New Plot, Jammu; Dheeraj Sharma, Patoli Brahmana, Jammu and Sandeep Singh, Police Lines, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu.
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