With IPL, Pallavi Sharda steps into limelight - 15 recent photos of the Extraaa Innings hostess

April 20, 2016, NewsCrunch

What Karan Johar and Ranbir Kapoor could not do to Pallavi Sharda’s flagging career, IPL has done.

After getting a chance to anchor "Extraaa Innings T20" Pallavi Sharda has shot into limelight and created a social media buzz that she could never manage over the last six years with Bollywood.

She said she was a littler nervous but was confident of managing Extraaa Innings as she loved cricket and had grown up in Australia.

Pallavi Sharda debuted in a cameo in Karan Johar/SRK’s My  name is Khan. She continued to do bit roles in noteworthy films till she was paired against Ranbir Kapoor in Besharam, 2013. She was a live wire and sizzled in kissing scenes with the heartthrob, but the film tanked and her career hit another hurdle.

Till IPL 2016 happened.

The 28-year-old actress was born and raised in Australia by IITian Punjabi parents. Though she also comes with BA and LLB degrees, Sharda shifted base from Melbourne to Mumbai in 2010, the same year she was crowned "Miss India Australia".

Pallavi Sharda is also a well-trained Indian classical dancer.