	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
ODIs	3	2	0	18	13	9.00	19	94.73	0	0	1	0	1
First-class	93	129	12	3671	141	31.37			3	24			51
List A	98	82	14	2211	136	32.51			2	12			38
Twenty20	29	25	8	419	76	24.64	339	123.59	0	1	33	13	6

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
ODIs	3	3	114	94	1	1/25	1/25	94.00	4.94	114.0	0	0
First-class	93		8000	3884	106	6/86		36.64	2.91	75.4		2
List A	98		3335	2446	91	4/13	4/13	26.87	4.40	36.6	4	0
Twenty20	29	21	270	365	17	3/6	3/6	21.47	8.11	15.8	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
First-class debut	1997/98
Last First-class	Tamil Nadu v Bengal at Bangalore, Dec 26-29, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	1998/99
Last List A	Bengal v Tamil Nadu at Agartala, Mar 9, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Assam v Bengal at Kolkata, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals at Durban, May 20, 2009 scorecard

Profile

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. In early 2000, Shukla was picked as a trainee for the National Cricket Academy. But he had to leave due to injuries. 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. He initially signed up with the ICL but backed out shortly after when the BCCI announced pay hikes for the domestic players. He was soon named Bengal captain and the following year, bagged an IPL contract
Natarajan Sriram and Cricinfo Staff