IPL playerIndia2008 to 2014
Laxmi Ratan Shukla
On scorecards: LR Shukla · Right-hand bat
Laxmi Ratan Shukla, a batter, played seven IPL seasons for two franchises. One title came along the way.
The arrival
Laxmi Ratan Shukla was there from the start, in the league's first season, 2008, signed by Kolkata Knight Riders outside the auction.
That first season brought 13 matches, 163 runs and 6 wickets at 10.05 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the bat.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2008, for Kolkata Knight Riders: 163 runs at an average of 20.4, striking at 133.6 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 129.1, and a highest score of 42.
With the ball, the best season was 2008, for Kolkata Knight Riders: 6 wickets at 10.05 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.05, with best figures of 3 for 6.
Franchise by franchise
2008 to 2013, Kolkata Knight Riders. 42 matches, 374 runs and 14 wickets; champions in 2012.
2014, Delhi Daredevils. Bought at the 2014 auction for ₹1.50 cr. 5 matches, 31 runs and 1 wicket.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Kolkata Knight Riders, 2008 to 2013.
Bat, ball and method
Across the career, Laxmi Ratan Shukla struck at 115.7. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 124.6, so Laxmi Ratan Shukla scored about 9 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time. 56% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 33 fours and 16 sixes.
With the ball, 15 wickets in 316 deliveries, at 8.49 runs an over against a league rate of 7.76 for the same seasons: 0.73 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time.
The fielding record: 15 catches and 6 run-outs.
At the auction
Laxmi Ratan Shukla went under the hammer twice. The highest price was ₹1.50 cr, paid by Delhi Daredevils in 2014, more than 3 times the base price. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2015, cost ₹30 lakh. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2015.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Laxmi Ratan Shukla made 47 IPL appearances, the last for Delhi Daredevils in 2014, and won 1 player-of-the-match award.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 13 | 163 | 42 | 20.4 | 133.6 | 0/0 | 6 | 10.05 | 3/6 | 2 | ||
| 2009 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 9 | 83 | 48* | 16.6 | 97.7 | 0/0 | 3 | 7.14 | 3/25 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2010 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 4 | 36 | 19 | 18.0 | 138.5 | 0/0 | 3 | 8.83 | 1/30 | 1 | ||
| 2011 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 1 | 14 | 14 | 14.0 | 140.0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2012 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 11 | 75 | 26 | 12.5 | 131.6 | 0/0 | 1 | 6.00 | 1/5 | 7 | Champions | |
| 2013 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 25.0 | 0/0 | 1 | 7.33 | 1/14 | 2 | ||
| 2014 | Delhi Daredevils | 5 | 31 | 21 | 10.3 | 81.6 | 0/0 | 1 | 8.89 | 1/31 | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 2008 to 2013
- Delhi Daredevils: 2014
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 41.1% |
| Balls per four | 10.6 |
| Balls per six | 21.9 |
| Dot balls bowled | 34.7% |
| Balls per wicket | 20.9 |
| Catches | 15 |
| Run-outs | 6 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet