New Delhi, March 2 -- Ace investor Shankar Sharma had his first tryst with the fallout from the Iran war when a kamikaze or suicide drone skimmed over his villa in Ras Al-Khaimah, one of the seven Emirates of the UAE, late Sunday night.

"This is the first time we find ourselves in such a situation ...it's serious and nobody anticipated the scale of this conflict," Sharma, who has been based in the UAE for 15 years, told Mint .

"It's no quick-ending T20 game, by the looks of it. this war with Iran getting hit a lot, while continuing to hit US bases in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council ) and even civilian infrastructure," Sharma said.

On the regional conflict's impact on India, he said India would continue to be a laggard for the second ...