A right-arm offspinner whose forte was accuracy and stamina, Gopal Sharma was on the fringe of selection for a long time before finally making his Test debut against England in his home state in 1984-85. Putting the in form L Sivaramakrishnan in the shade, Sharma took 3 for 115 in 60 overs. He toured Sri Lanka in 1985-86 but played in only one Test. He played in two more Tests against Pakistan the following season, achieving his best figures of 4 for 88 at Jaipur. With Maninder, Shastri, Arshad Ayub, Shivlal Yadav and Narendra Hirwani around, he then became a forgotten man till he was brought back for one Test against Sri Lanka in 1990-91. He was the first cricketer from Uttar Pradesh to represent India since the Maharajkumar of Vizianagaram in 1936.
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Gopal Sharma Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	5	4	1	11	10*	3.66	-	-	0	0	-	0	2
ODIs	11	2	0	11	7	5.50	24	45.83	0	0	0	0	2
FC	104	127	24	2309	101*	22.41	-	-	2	11	-	-	48
List A	44	21	3	157	20	8.72	-	-	0	0	-	-	14

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Tests	5	8	1307	418	10	4/88	4/88	41.80	1.91	130.7	1	0	0
ODIs	11	10	486	361	10	3/29	3/29	36.10	4.45	48.6	0	0	0
FC	104	-	24773	10596	353	9/59	-	30.01	2.56	70.1	-	23	6
List A	44	-	2274	1545	45	5/42	5/42	34.33	4.07	50.5	0	1	0

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Recent Matches of Gopal Sharma

Match	Bat	Bowl	Date	Ground	Format
Central Zone vs South Zone	4 & 12	2/107	08-Jan-1992	Wankhede	FC
Central Zone vs North Zone	14 & 4	1/80 & 0/6	18-Jan-1991	Patna	FC
India vs Sri Lanka	0	1/26 & 0/39	23-Nov-1990	Chandigarh	Test # 1156
Rest of Ind vs Bengal	--	2/46 & 2/102	02-Nov-1990	Bengaluru	FC
Central Zone vs South Zone	22* & 2	2/107 & 0/101	05-Jan-1990	Secunderabad	FC