Charu Sharma

Charu Sharma
Charu Sharma
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Commentator, compere and quizmaster

Charu Sharma is an Indian commentator, compere and quizmaster.^[1] He was the CEO of the Royal Challengers Bangalore Twenty20 cricket team for the 2008 Indian Premier League but was fired due to the team's poor performances. Even though the Royal Challengers officials said that Sharma resigned by himself, he contradicted them by saying that he was sacked by United Breweries Limited on behalf of Vijay Mallya, the team's owner.^[2][3]

Career

Charu Sharma is well known for his television presentations (especially on cricket) along with Mandira Bedi.^[4] He is also known as a quizmaster in television programmes and other event. He regularly hosts award shows, corporate events and contributes to teamwork and leadership seminar. His father was the famous educationist Mr N.C. Sharma, a former vice-principal of Mayo College, Ajmer, Rajasthan and Principal of Birla Vidyamandir, Nainital, Uttarakhand. Charu was a good swimmer and was admitted to St Stephens College, Delhi on sports quota. He is also an alumnus of Mayo College, Ajmer.

Charu Sharma represented India in Asian Games 1982 as a springboard diver.

When The Economic Times talked to him about the IPL controversy he said,"I think I worked very hard for it, probably the hardest ever. Few matches were lost earlier and so heads were lost too. I like to believe that I was in the line of the steam of a pressure cooker that was waiting to release."

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