Former CEO of Royal Challengers Bangalore, Charu Sharma, who was sacked from the post midway through the Indian Premier League (IPL), said he could not understand how it benefited the team.On the sidelines of a book release function in Kochi on Thursday night, Sharma, without naming anybody, said "I am not here for slugging anyone, but it is important for the owners of the team to understand are they owners of cricket or are they owners of these players or owners of certain team"."Cricket will be played on the field which has its own story and its own drama to be played out every match," he said, adding "you cannot guarantee or engineer that".Pointing out that the owners should also be sensitised, he said "if you own an entity, performance of which cannot be guaranteed. it was important for the owners to understand and if they do not understand that there will be frustration", Sharma, a well-known cricket commentator, said."I was a victim of impatience or lack of understanding of what Twenty20 is and ownership is all about," he said."People who are traditional followers and watchers of the game, people who love the game and involved in the game are need not necessarily pleased when this kind of hiring and firing and changing takes place," he said.The fact that he supported captain Rahul Dravid in his choice of whoever he could get in an auction of team is the only corrective thing that he could have done, Sharma said.Sharma said being the CEO of the team he was looking after many other things and he only supported Dravid in team selection."I do not understand what benefit could he (the owner) have got by sacking me," he said. Sharma said nothing is going to be achieved by slugging it out."There has to be a better understanding among us after becoming a part of IPL and Indian cricket scenario," he said. "What is their place, their role and their position probably needs to be clarified by the IPL and BCCI," he said, adding the players might be a part of the team which they own for 45 days, but not for the rest of the year or life."One must have a big heart and understand the Twenty20 game itself," he said.
