Laxmi Ratan Shukla
Laxmi Ratan Shukla was born in Howrah, West Bengal, India on May 6th, 1981 and is the Indian Cricket Player.. At the age of 42, Laxmi Ratan Shukla biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Because of impressive performances in domestic level Shukla got a national call in 1999. 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 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.
Political career
He joined All India Trinamool Congress before 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election and became candidate from Howrah Uttar constituency. He won the seat by defeating Santosh Kumar Pathak of Indian National Congress. He became the minister of State Sports and Youth Services in Mamata Banerjee's second government. On 5 January 2021, he resigned as the Minister of State for Youth Services and Sports.