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{{short description|Indian Politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Laxmi Ratan Shukla
| office1 = Minister of State for Youth Services and Sports, [[Government of West Bengal]]
| term_start1 = 27 May 2016
| term_end1 = 5 January 2021
| governor1 = [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]]
| 2blankname1 = [[Chief Minister]]
| 2namedata1 = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| successor1 =
| office = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Member of Legislative Assembly, West Bengal]]
| term = 19 May 2016 - 4 May 2021
| constituency = [[Howrah Uttar]]
| predecessor = [[Ashok Ghosh (TMC politician)|Ashok Ghosh]]
| Successor =
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]] (2016-2020)
|module=
{{Infobox cricketer
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| name = Laxmi Ratan Shukla
| image =
| caption = Laxmi Ratan Shukla
| country = India
| fullname = Laxmi Ratan Shukla
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|5|6|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Howrah]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| nickname = Bittu<ref>{{cite web |title=Fire Brigade |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/fire-brigade/cid/591722 |website=www.telegraphindia.com |accessdate=26 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
| batting = Right hand bat
| bowling = Right arm [[fast bowling|medium fast]]
| role = [[All-Rounder]]
| international = true
| testdebutdate =
| testdebutyear =
| testdebutagainst =
| testcap =
| lasttestdate =
| lasttestyear =
| lasttestagainst =
| odidebutdate = 22 March
| odidebutyear = 1999
| odidebutagainst = Sri Lanka
| odicap = 119
| lastodidate = 5 September
| lastodiyear = 1999
| lastodiagainst = West Indies
| club1 = [[Kolkata Knight Riders]]
| year1 = 2008–2013
| club2 = [[Delhi Daredevils]]
| year2 = 2014
| club3 = [[Sunrisers Hyderabad]]
| year3 = 2015
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches1 = 3
| runs1 = 18
| bat avg1 = 9.00
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 15
| deliveries1 = 114
| wickets1 = 1
| bowl avg1 = 94.00
| fivefor1 = -
| tenfor1 = -
| best bowling1 = 1/25
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/0
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches2 = 137
| runs2 = 6217
| bat avg2 = 35.93
| 100s/50s2 = 9/37
| top score2 = 250
| deliveries2 = 12820
| wickets2 = 172
| bowl avg2 = 34.75
| fivefor2 = 3
| tenfor2 = -
| best bowling2 = 6/86
| catches/stumpings2 = 60/-
| column3 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches3 = 141
| runs3 = 2997
| bat avg3 = 30.27
| 100s/50s3 = 4/13
| top score3 = 151
| deliveries3 = 5223
| wickets3 = 143
| bowl avg3 = 27.62
| fivefor3 = 1
| tenfor3 = -
| best bowling3 = 5/34
| catches/stumpings3 = 53/-
| column4 = [[Twenty20|T20]]
| matches4 = 81
| runs4 = 994
| bat avg4 = 20.70
| 100s/50s4 = 0/3
| top score4 = 76
| deliveries4 = 976
| wickets4 = 47
| bowl avg4 = 24.61
| fivefor4 = -
| tenfor4 = -
| best bowling4 = 3/6
| catches/stumpings4 = 31/-
| date = 17 November
| year = 2016
| residence =
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/wac/content/player/34019.html Cricinfo
}}
}}

'''Laxmi Ratan Shukla''' {{Audio|Laxmi_Ratan_Shukla.ogg|pronunciation}} ({{lang-bn|লক্ষ্মী রতন শুক্লা}}) (born 6 May 1981), is a former [[India]]n [[cricket]]er and politician. He is a right-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He represented [[Bengal cricket team]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Laxmi Ratan Shukla sets up sports academy |url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/laxmi-ratan-shukla-sets-up-sports-academy-234147 |website=www.millenniumpost.in |accessdate=26 January 2019}}</ref> He was also a player in the [[Indian Premier League|IPL]] team [[Kolkata Knight Riders]], [[Delhi Daredevils]], and the [[Sunrisers Hyderabad]].<ref>{{cite news |title=5 Youngest ODI Debutants For India |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/5-youngest-odi-debutants-for-india |accessdate=26 January 2019 |work=www.sportskeeda.com |date=18 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref> He was a member of the legislative assembly of West Bengal representing the [[All India Trinamool Congress]]. He resigned from the ministry on 5 January 2021.

==Early life==
Shukla was born in [[Howrah]], [[West Bengal]], and did his schooling at Shree Hanumaan Jute Mill Hindi High School and the [[Don Bosco High & Technical School, Liluah]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mukherjee |first1=Abhishek |title=Laxmi Ratan Shukla: The spark that never got ignited |url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/laxmi-ratan-shukla-the-spark-that-never-got-ignited-134586 |website=Cricket Country |accessdate=26 January 2019 |date=7 May 2014}}</ref> 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]].{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} 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 Cricket Academy.<ref>{{cite news |title=Reetinder Singh Sodhi: The man who could be anything |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/reetinder-singh-sodhi-the-man-who-could-be-anything |accessdate=26 January 2019 |work=www.sportskeeda.com |date=29 August 2017 |language=en}}</ref>

On 30 December 2015 he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.<ref name="retire">{{cite news |title=Laxmi Shukla announces retirement |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/956617.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |publisher=ESPN Sports Media |date=30 December 2015 |accessdate=30 December 2015 }}</ref>

==International career==
Because of impressive performances in domestic level Shukla got a national call in 1999.<ref>{{cite news |title=His 'commitment questioned', Bengal's Laxmi Ratan Shukla calls it a day |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/laxmi-ratan-shukla-announces-retirement-from-all-forms-of-cricket/ |accessdate=26 January 2019 |work=The Indian Express |date=31 December 2015 |language=en-IN}}</ref> He was 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 scoreboard at the ground. He made his [[One Day International|ODI]] debut against [[Sri Lanka]] on 22 March 1999 in [[Nagpur]]. He played his last ODI against [[West Indies]] in 1999.

In fact he did not get further chances after that season as a bowler because other young pace bowlers like [[Zaheer Khan]] and [[Ashish Nehra]] had entered and established their places in the Indian Senior team, upon the impressive performances.

Although Shukla was renowned for his skills as an all rounder, selectors gave the chances for the players like [[Sanjay Bangar]] , [[Kanitkar]] and eventually Irfan Pathan pushing him down the pecking order.

==Vijay Hazare Trophy 2012==
He was by far the brightest performer as [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] (captained by [[Sourav Ganguly]]) won its first [[Vijay Hazare Trophy]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite news |title=Laxmi Shukla announces retirement |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/956617.html |accessdate=26 January 2019 |work=Cricinfo |date=30 December 2015 |language=en}}</ref> In the group stage match against [[Jharkhand cricket team|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 cricket team|Tripura]] at the [[Jadavpur University|Jadavpur University Sports Complex]], after being bowled out to only 198 in 49 overs, he took 4/37 (and Sanjib Sanyal took 4/33 from his 8 overs) to bowl out [[Tripura cricket team|Tripura]] for just 168 in 37.4 overs. In the quarter final, he took 2/37 against [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]. He took the wicket of [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]'s highest scorer [[Mandeep Singh]] (66) in the semifinal. In the final against [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]] led by [[Ajit Agarkar]], he took 4/38 (including openers [[Wasim Jaffer]] and [[Ajinkya Rahane]]) to bowl out Mumbai for only 248, and then chased it down with a 107* off 83 ball-partnership with [[Anustup Majumdar]]. He scored 106* from 90 balls, and [[Anustup Majumdar]] scored 50* from 45 balls to win the [[Vijay Hazare Trophy]] with 23 balls to spare.

==Vijay Hazare Trophy 2013==
Following his success as an all rounder in the [[Vijay Hazare Trophy]] 2012, he was made the captain of [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] in the [[Vijay Hazare Trophy]] 2013. He started the tournament brilliantly, taking 5/34 and thus restricting [[Odisha cricket team|Odisha]] to only 175, and winning the match by 11 runs.

== Political career ==
He joined [[All India Trinamool Congress]] before [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] and became candidate from [[Howrah Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Howrah Uttar constituency]]. He won the seat by defeating Santosh Kumar Pathak of [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ex-bengal-capt-laxmi-ratan-shukla-wants-to-be-known-as/1/633422.html Ex-Bengal capt Laxmi Ratan Shukla wants to be known as]</ref><ref>[http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/star-studded-mamata-cabinet-cricketer-singer-among-17-new-faces-to-take-oath-2820873/ Star-studded Mamata cabinet: Cricketer, singer among 17 new faces to take oath]</ref><ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/ex-cricketer-laxmi-ratan-shukla-among-new-faces-in-mamata-s-42-member-cabinet/story-vIT4l8cFHyVBpFMnJksZlN.html Ex-cricketer Laxmi Ratan Shukla among new faces in Mamata’s cabinet]</ref> He became the minister of State Sports and Youth Services in [[Mamata Banerjee]]'s second government.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wbcmo.gov.in/ministers.aspx |title=Council of Ministers |access-date=27 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223173653/http://www.wbcmo.gov.in/ministers.aspx |archive-date=23 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 5 January 2021, he resigned as the Minister of State for Youth Services and Sports.<ref>http://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/tmc-mla-laxmi-ratan-shukla-resigns-as-bengal-minister-1756052-2021-01-05</ref>

==References==
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