Puja Sharma is an Indian doctor. She is famous for being the daughter of former Indian cricketer Yashpal Sharma.
Wiki/Biography
Puja Sharma was born in 1986 in Delhi, India (35 years old in 2021).
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′3″
Hair color: brown
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Puja Sharma is the daughter of Yashpal Sharma, a former Indian cricketer (middle-order batsman) who played for the Indian cricket team in the 1970s and 1980s. Yashpal was a member of the Indian cricket team that won the 1983 World Cup. Puja’s mother’s name is Renu Sharma.
She has an elder sister, Preeti Sharma, and a younger brother, Chirag Sharma. Preeti lives in the United States and is married to a Delhi-based businessman named Vaibhav Tyagi. Chirag is continuing his studies in London.
husband
Puja Sharma tied the knot with businessman Gaurav Anand on January 19, 2012, at the Eros Hilton Hotel in Delhi.
Almost all the cricketers from the 1983 Cricket World Cup attended their wedding. Kapil Dev, Chetan Sharma, Bishan Singh Bedi and CK Khanna were present at the wedding.
Apart from cricketers, their wedding was also attended by many prominent Indian personalities like Arun Jaitley (Indian politician) and Rajat Sharma (journalist).
Profession
Puja Sharma is a doctor by profession.
Facts/Trivia
- Puja lost her father Yashpal Sharma on July 13, 2021. He died at the age of 66. His last rites were performed at Lodhi Crematorium, New Delhi. Sharma’s former teammates Madan Lal and Chetan Sharma attended his funeral.
- Puja’s father Yashpal Sharma was an important member of the Indian cricket team that won the 1983 World Cup. He is one of nine cricketers to play in all eight matches of the World Cup. In 2021, a Hindi sports film titled “83” was released, telling the story of India’s improbable victory in the Cricket World Cup in 1983. Yashpal’s role in the film is played by Jatin Sarna.
- Her father was also a member of the national selection committee that selected the Indian team that won the World Cup in 2011.
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education