Kolkata: Two days after he was named in the Bengal squad, former captain and veteran all-rounder Laxmi Ratan Shukla on Wednesday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.

"For last one month, I was not getting the right motivation... Not feeling myself, the link was missing," the most-capped Bengal player said in a news conference with his six-year-old son Agastya this afternoon at his club Mohun Bagan.