Mohammed Shami bowled 19 overs in the first innings and returned with impressive figures of 4/54, putting Bengal in a strong position at the Holkar Stadium.

Laxmi Ratan Shukla on Saturday said that to win this T20I tournament, Virat Kohli needs to perform well. India will start its Asia Cup 2022 title defence against arch-rivals Pakistan on Sunday.

CAB on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Laxmi Ratan Shukla as senior side's coach and WV Raman as the new batting consultant.

Former India cricketer Laxmi Ratan Shukla has donated his three months' MLA salary along with BCCI pension for the same period to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in the state.

Laxmi Ratan Shukla, who played three ODIs for India, won the Howrah (North) seat for Trinamool Congress in this 2016 West Bengal's Assembly elections.

Former Indian cricket team players S. Sreesanth and Laxmi Ratan Shukla made their political debut in this year's Assembly elections.

Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Bengal's most capped Ranji player, announced his retirement

Laxmi Ratan Shukla, who last represented Bengal against Saurashtra in the domestic one-dayers on December 18, played 141 List A matches scoring 2997 runs at 30.27 and claiming 143 wickets at 27.62.

Veteran allrounder Laxmi Ratan Shukla will lead a 15-member Bengal Ranji squad to Sri Lanka.

Bengal got three points by virtue of first innings lead of 101 runs. On the final day, Bengal batted out 82.1 overs to score 246 for nine as their overall lead swelled to 347 runs.