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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian cricketer (born 1960)}}<br />
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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Gopal Sharma<br />
| image = <br />
| birth_place = [[Kanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1960|8|3}}<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm offbreak<br />
| international = true<br />
| country = India<br />
| testcap = 170<br />
| testdebutagainst = England<br />
| testdebutdate = 31 January<br />
| testdebutyear = 1985<br />
| lasttestdate = 23 November<br />
| lasttestyear = 1990<br />
| lasttestagainst = Sri Lanka<br />
| odicap = 55<br />
| odidebutdate = 25 August<br />
| odidebutyear = 1985<br />
| odidebutagainst = Sri Lanka<br />
| lastodidate = 10 April<br />
| lastodiyear = 1987<br />
| lastodiagainst = Pakistan<br />
| club1 = [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| year1 = {{nowrap|1978/79–1993/94}}<br />
| columns = 4<br />
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]<br />
| matches1 = 5<br />
| runs1 = 11<br />
| bat avg1 = 3.66<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0<br />
| top score1 = 10*<br />
| deliveries1 = 1,307<br />
| wickets1 = 10<br />
| bowl avg1 = 41.79<br />
| fivefor1 = 0<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 4/88<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–<br />
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]<br />
| matches2 = 11<br />
| runs2 = 11<br />
| bat avg2 = 5.50<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0<br />
| top score2 = 7<br />
| deliveries2 = 486<br />
| wickets2 = 10<br />
| bowl avg2 = 36.10<br />
| fivefor2 = 0<br />
| tenfor2 = 0<br />
| best bowling2 = 3/29<br />
| catches/stumpings2 = 2/–<br />
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]<br />
| matches3 = 104<br />
| runs3 = 2,309<br />
| bat avg3 = 22.41<br />
| 100s/50s3 = 2/11<br />
| top score3 = 101[[Not Out|*]]<br />
| deliveries3 =24,773<br />
| wickets3 = 353<br />
| bowl avg3 = 30.01<br />
| fivefor3 = 23<br />
| tenfor3 = 6<br />
| best bowling3 = 9/59<br />
| catches/stumpings3 = 48/–<br />
| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]<br />
| matches4 =44<br />
| runs4 = 157<br />
| bat avg4 = 8.72<br />
| 100s/50s4 = 0/0<br />
| top score4 = 20<br />
| deliveries4 = 2,247<br />
| wickets4 = 45<br />
| bowl avg4 = 34.33<br />
| fivefor4 = 1<br />
| tenfor4 = 0<br />
| best bowling4 =5/42<br />
| catches/stumpings4 = 14/–<br />
| date = 4 February<br />
| year = 2006<br />
| source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/33952.html ESPNcricinfo<br />
}}<br />
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'''Gopal Sharma''' {{Audio|Gopal_Sharma.ogg|pronunciation}} (born 3 August 1960) is a former Indian [[cricket]]er who played in five [[Test cricket|Test matches]] and 11 [[One Day International]]s 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 (cricketer)|Maninder Singh]], [[Arshad Ayub]], [[Shivlal Yadav]], [[Ravi Shastri]] and [[Narendra Hirwani]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/33952.html|title=Gopal Sharma|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=22 January 2010}}</ref><br />
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He was the first person from [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]] to represent [[India national cricket team|India]] post-[[Indian independence movement|independence]]. He was a member of the [[Indian national cricket selectors|India Selection Committee]] representing the [[Central Zone cricket team|Central Zone]] in 2004/05 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/143689.html|title =More and Roy retained as selectors |publisher=ESPNcricinfo| date = 30 September 2004| access-date=22 January 2010}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Indian cricket administrators]]<br />
[[Category:India One Day International cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:India Test cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian sportsmen]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Cricketers from Kanpur]]<br />
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Central Zone cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:India national cricket team selectors]]<br />
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