Question: Recently Laxmi Ratan Shukla has announced his retirement from all forms of official cricket; he represented which team in Ranji Trophy?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Kerala
(c) Karnataka
(d) Maharashtra
Ans (a)
Related facts:
- On 30 December 2015, former captain of West Bengal Ranji Trophy team Laxmi Ratan Shukla, the Bengal all-rounder, has announced his retirement from all forms of official cricket.
- He made his international debut in Nagpur in 1999, and played three ODIs in all and scored 18 runs.
- He played 137 first-class matches in all, scoring 6217 runs including nine centuries.
- He also picked up 172 wickets with his seam-up bowling.
- Shukla also played 47 IPL matches, representing Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Daredevils and Sunrisers Hyderabad.
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