Cricketer in Mamta's cabinet

Laxmi Ratan Shukla, a Bengal cricketer today found himself as one of the chosen few in Mamta Banerjee's cabinet. He played three ODIs for India in 1999. He called time on his career in December 2015 after scoring 6217 runs and taking 172 wickets from 137 first-class matches. He was part of a 42 strong ministry.