Gopal Sharma

For the politician, see Gopal Sharma (politician).

Gopal Sharma pronunciation^ⓘ (born 3 August 1960) is a former Indian cricketer who played in five Test matches and 11 One Day Internationals from 1985 to 1990. He was an off-spinner but was overshadowed by the spinners of the day for a place in the international squad – Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, Maninder Singh, Arshad Ayub, Shivlal Yadav, Ravi Shastri and Narendra Hirwani.^[1]

Gopal Sharma

Personal information
Born	(1960-08-03) 3 August 1960 (age 64) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm offbreak
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 170)	31 January 1985 v England
Last Test	23 November 1990 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 55)	25 August 1985 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	10 April 1987 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1978/79–1993/94	Uttar Pradesh
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 5 11 104 44 Runs scored 11 11 2,309 157 Batting average 3.66 5.50 22.41 8.72 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 2/11 0/0 Top score 10* 7 101* 20 Balls bowled 1,307 486 24,773 2,247 Wickets 10 10 353 45 Bowling average 41.79 36.10 30.01 34.33 5 wickets in innings 0 0 23 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 6 0 Best bowling 4/88 3/29 9/59 5/42 Catches/stumpings 2/– 2/– 48/– 14/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 February 2006

He was the first person from Uttar Pradesh to represent India post-independence. He was a member of the India Selection Committee representing the Central Zone in 2004/05 season.^[2]