Anand Shukla
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15 January 1941 Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, British India |
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| Died | 2 February 2015 (aged 74) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm leg-spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Rakesh Shukla (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1959-60 to 1964-65, 1975-76 to 1977-78 | Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962-63 to 1964-65 | Central Zone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1965-66 | Delhi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1965-66 | North Zone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1965-66 to 1966-67 | Indian Starlets | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966-67 to 1974-75 | Bihar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966-67 to 1974-75 | East Zone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1969-70 to 1971-72 | R. K. Mody's XI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 January 2015
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Anand Shukla (15 January 1941 – 2 February 2015) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for a number of teams in India from 1960 to 1978.
In his third first-class match in his debut season of 1959-60 Shukla took 7 for 91 against Vidarbha. In 1961-62, against Rajasthan, he took 7 for 43 and 3 for 87, and made 168 not out, taking Uttar Pradesh's score from 88 for 6 when he went to the wicket to 356 all out.
He captained Uttar Pradesh in 1963-64 and 1964-65. In 1964-65, in eight matches, he made 567 runs at an average of 43.61 and took 41 wickets at of 22.21. Uttar Pradesh reached the semi-finals of the Ranji Trophy for the first time, but they lost to Hyderabad by an innings; Shukla top-scored in each innings with 60 and 83, but had bowling figures of 3 for 253 in 63 overs. Earlier, in the victory over Madhya Pradesh, he had made 28 and 96 (the top score in the match) and taken 6 for 63 and 6 for 102.
Shukla played one season for Delhi in 1965-66, and also represented North Zone in the Duleep Trophy.
He moved to Bihar in 1966-67, and stayed there for nine seasons. In his third match he took 5 for 14 and 5 for 36 against Assam at Jorhat. Against Orissa in 1967-68 he scored 242 not out and took 5 for 68 and 3 for 43 in an innings victory.
He captained Bihar in 1968-69, but while they beat Assam and Orissa they lost to Bengal, who took the East Zone place in the finals of the Ranji Trophy. In 1969-70 he took 17 wickets at 16.82 and made 101 runs for once out when R. K. Mody's XI won the Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament. He took his best-ever figures of 8 for 50 in the semi-final.
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