| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm offbreak | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Tests | ODIs | ||
| Matches | 5 | 11 | ||
| Runs scored | 11 | 11 | ||
| Batting average | 3.66 | 5.50 | ||
| 100s/50s | -/- | -/- | ||
| Top score | 10* | 7 | ||
| Balls bowled | 1307 | 486 | ||
| Wickets | 10 | 10 | ||
| Bowling average | 41.79 | 36.10 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - | ||
| 10 wickets in match | - | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | 4/88 | 3/29 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 2/- | 2/- | ||
| Source: [1], 4 February 2006 | ||||
Gopal Sharma (born August 3, 1960, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh) is a former Indian cricketer who played in 5 Tests and 11 ODIs 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]
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]