Laxmi Ratan Shukla is a right-handed batsman of West Bengal Cricket team. He is also known by the name `Bittu`. He was born on May 6 in 1981 in Howrah, West Bengal.

Laxmi Ratan Shukla is a right-handed batsman of Bengal team has also played for team India. LR Shukla is a Right-arm medium pacer, who had his "First-class" match debut in 1997/98 against Maharashtra. At that time he was in his teens and made the Indian Under-19 team for the MTN Youth World Cup in South Africa in 1998. Lakshmi Ratan Shukla attracted the attention of the selectors with his match-winning century as an Opener of Bengal team in the "Wills Trophy" semi-final against Delhi. In early 2000, Shukla was taken as a trainee for the "National Cricket Academy" but injuries made him to leave that.

Laxmi Ratan Shukla has played in altogether 103 "First-class" matches with an average of 34.55. His total score in the "First-class" matches is 4389 runs. L R Shukla`s maximum score in any of these matches is 250 runs. While, with ball in hand, he has picked up 121 wickets by losing 4367 runs from 9076 balls in the "First-class" matches. His bowling average is 36.09 and economy is 2.88 in these matches. He played his latest "First-class" match against Railways at Delhi, December 15-18, 2010.

The "List A" match debut of Laxmi Ratan Shukla was in 1998/99. He has played in overall 107 "List A" matches with an average of 30.95. The "List A" match scorecard of L R Shukla reads a total score of 2291 runs. He made his highest score of 136 runs in any of these matches. Again, with ball in hand, he has taken 105 wickets by giving 2822 runs out of 3807 balls he played in these matches. Shukla`s bowling average is 26.87 and economy is 4.44. His latest "List A" match was against Tripura at Agartala, Feb 16, 2011.

Laxmi Ratan Shukla debuted in the "Twenty20" matches against Assam held at Kolkata on April 3 in 2007. He has played in 42 "Twenty20" matches with an average of 23.68. His total score in these matches is 592 runs and his striking rate is 128.41 LR Shukla` highest score in any of these matches is 76 runs. Whereas in bowling, he has picked up 28 wickets by losing 661 runs from 516 balls. LR Shukla`s bowling average is 23.60 and economy is 7.68. The latest "Twenty20" match of Shukla was against Chennai Super Kings at Chennai, April 8, 2011.

The first "One Day International" match of Laxmi Ratan Shukla was against Sri Lanka at Nagpur on March 22 in 1999. He has played in overall 3 ODI matches with an average of 9.00. The total score of LR Shukla in these matches is 18 runs and his striking rate is 94.73. While in bowling, he has picked up only one wicket by giving 94 runs out of 114 balls he played in the ODI matches. His bowling average is 94.00 and economy is 4.94 in these matches. Laxmi Ratan Shukla played his latest ODI match against West Indies at Singapore on September 5 in 1999.