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| Born | 3 August 1960 Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gopal Sharma (born 3 August 1960) 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]
References
- ^ "Gopal Sharma". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
- ^ "More and Roy retained as selectors". Cricinfo. 30 September 2004. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
now he is a director of Uttar Pradesh Senior Ranji Trophy director