Laxmi Ratan Shukla announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
The all-rounder, who had played three ODIs for India scoring 18 runs and picking up a wicket, was named in Bengal’s 16-member squad for the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
The announcement came on the eve of Bengal’s departure for their group A league matches of the Syed Mushtaq Ali domestic Twenty20 tournament.
Shukla, who played 137 first-class matches and scored 6217 at an average of 36.93 including nine centuries and 37 fifties, however denied that he was forced to call it quits and termed it a personal decision.
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