Full name Ravikant Shukla
Born July 7, 1987, Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh
Current age 22 years 126 days
Major teams India Under-19s, Kings XI Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh Under-16s, Uttar Pradesh Under-19s
Also known as Neeraj
Playing role Higher middle order batsman
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 24 | 38 | 3 | 1129 | 135 | 32.25 | 2399 | 47.06 | 1 | 7 | 137 | 10 | 13 | 0 |
| List A | 29 | 27 | 6 | 748 | 94* | 35.61 | 1024 | 73.04 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Twenty20 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 24 | 7.40 | 30 | 123.33 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 24 | 8 | 174 | 82 | 1 | 1/31 | 1/41 | 82.00 | 2.82 | 174.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| List A | 29 | 6 | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| First-class debut | Uttar Pradesh v Baroda at Ghaziabad, Dec 1-4, 2005 scorecard |
| Last First-class | Uttar Pradesh v Karnataka at Meerut, Nov 3-6, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | 2004/05 |
| Last List A | East Zone v Central Zone at Cuttack, Mar 16, 2009 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Railways v Uttar Pradesh at Jaipur, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Uttar Pradesh v Vidarbha at Indore, Oct 24, 2009 scorecard |
A left-hand middle-order batsman, Ravikant Shukla led India to the final of the Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka in 2006. His individual contribution, though, was ordinary then - 53 runs in six matches. That also sullied his overall U-19 record: before that he had scored 414 runs at an average of 31.84 in 15 U-19 ODIs. Although he got a first-class debut early at 18, he hasn't really transformed into a seasoned first-class player, scoring only one century for Uttar Pradesh and averaging 33 in his first 23 matches.
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