Jatin Sapru is an Indian television sports journalist, TV host, broadcaster and cricket commentator employed by Star Sports network. He is the lead personality for cricket related broadcasts across the TV channels of Star Sports network.
Wiki/Biography
Jatin Sapru was born on Tuesday, April 8, 1986 (37 years old; as of 2023) and his birthplace is Kashmir, India. His star sign is Aries. Jatin Sapru’s family used to live a comfortable life in Kashmir, but due to the outbreak of terrorism in the Valley, they fled Kashmir in the early 1990s and settled in Delhi.
Jatin Sapru (left) and his brother in Srinagar in 1994
Jatin grew up in Delhi and completed his schooling from Ryan International School in 2003. He wanted to pursue a career in literature and drama; however, his father forced him to pursue engineering as he wanted Jatin to pursue a government job and lead a stable life. After appearing for his first year examinations, Jatin decided to fight for himself and eventually dropped out of the B.Tech course. He then obtained a degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from Jagannath International Institute of Management Studies (JIMS) Vasant Kunj and began his career in the field of journalism.
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 7″
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Black
Jatin Sapru poses on the track in the Czech Republic
Family and caste
Jatin Sapru belonged to a Kashmiri Pandit family.
Parents and siblings
Jatin Sapru’s grandfather was the vice-chancellor of Kashmir University. His father is an engineer and his mother, Suman Sapru, is a housewife.
Jatin Sapru’s parents
Jatin Sapru and his mother
He has a younger brother named Aditya Sapru.
Jatin Sapru and his brother Aditya Sapru
Wife and daughter
Jatin Sapru married former journalist Lara Sinha on December 12, 2015. It was a love marriage.
Jatin Sapru and his wife on their wedding day
The couple has a daughter named Inaaya (born in 2018).
Jatin Sapru with his wife and daughter
Profession
Newborn stage
During his final year of college, Sapru interned for three months (February 2006 – April 2006) at a renowned organization called President’s Classroom in Washington, DC. During his internship, he worked as a Media and Communications Assistant, handling media releases and journals from over a thousand students from around the world and organizing seminars for participants from prestigious organizations like the International Monetary Fund. He also worked closely with several senators and department heads during his internship at President’s Classroom. The early years of Jatin Sapru’s career were tough. Before getting a permanent job with a degree in Journalism, Sapru worked odd jobs to sustain his daily expenses. He distributed pamphlets in public, ran a teleprompter for a news channel, and took photos at fashion shows. During interviews at news channels, he was humiliated and rejected many times. In one interview, Jatin narrated an incident where he was not even allowed to enter the premises of a news channel as a guard outside the office shredded his resume and threw it into a trash bin. Frustrating as it was, young Jatin even thought of quitting the profession and looking for other career options; however, he persevered. He was employed by Tangerine Digital, a digital content management company, in October 2006 while still pursuing his university degree. While working as a content writer and digital commentator at Tangerine Digital, he wrote scripts for sports content and did digital commentary for Mobile ESPN.
breakthrough
Jatin was working at Tangerine Digital for Rs 6,500 a month with little prospects. He had no desire to be a TV host, but luckily one of his colleagues encouraged him to audition for the second season of ESPN Dream Job (2007), a nationwide competition to select sports presenters. Not only did he make it through the audition, he also won the competition.
(L to R) Jatin Sapru, Lara Sinha (Sapru’s wife) and Siddharth Mishra (sports anchor) at the 2007 ESPN Dream Job show
Partnership with ESPN
Jatin signed with ESPN Sports in 2008 and has been associated with the company ever since. He started out as a TV presenter at ESPN and over time, he rose to become a great sports commentator. Jatin Sapru has been in the industry for over a decade and has hosted matches of major international cricket tournaments alongside cricket legends. He is one of the most renowned cricket presenters, though he has not attended cricket matches in a professional capacity.
dispute
Although Sapru is the type of person who prefers to stay away from controversy, he once landed in hot water for mocking former Pakistan fast bowler legend Shoaib Akhtar during a post-match discussion show in 2016. The incident took place after India beat Pakistan in the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 tournament, when Jatin Sapru burst into laughter before asking Akhtar a question. This caused the Rawalpindi Express to lose his cool. Responding to Jatin Sapru, Akhtar said,
Tell me first, what were you laughing at? Are you sitting here to ask for my opinion or to ridicule me? You can’t call me to the studio to ridicule me. “
The incident has angered cricket fans in India and Pakistan, who have called Sapru’s behaviour completely unprofessional.
After the controversy intensified, Jatin partially explained the matter, saying that his laughter was completely misinterpreted by the audience and he actually had no intention of insulting Shoaib Akhtar, whom he considers as his elder brother.
Favorite things
Stadium (aesthetically): Newlands Cricket Ground (South Africa)
Stadiums (in terms of match coverage): Cricket Ground and M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bangalore)
Cricket Match: 2011 Cricket World Cup Final
Holiday destination: London
Co-host: Mayanti Langer
Cricketer: Rahul Dravid
Food style: Italian
Facts/Trivia
- Jatin Sapru is a huge fan of superheroes, and his walls are covered with posters of various superheroes. When asked what superpower he would choose if he had the opportunity to have one, Sapru replied: “Invisibility.”
- Although Sapru never thought of taking up cricket as a career, he played cricket for his school cricket team in Delhi.
Jatin Sapru with his school cricket coach
- In order to experience the hardship of a journalist’s work, Jatin Sapru used a forged press card to attend various media events during his college years. In the process of participating in these news events, he realized that the work of a journalist is actually very challenging.
- Jatin’s mother affectionately calls him Minx, while his friends call him J.
- In an interview with The Hindu, Jatin Sapru recounted the best compliment he has received in his entire career. He said,
Once, during an IPL match, a kid in Bangalore came up to me and asked, are you Jatin Sapru? I said yes, and he ran back to his mother and said, see, I told you. Then he came up to me again and asked, can I take a picture with you? I want to be like you. I think this kid made my life.”
- In an interview with The Hindu, Jatin Sapru gave some advice to young people who aspire to become TV presenters. He said,
First of all, don’t dream of becoming a host. I always wanted to work in sports, that’s why I didn’t get frustrated even though I was earning a pittance. Before becoming a host, you need to learn all the roles required in a production. You need to master the language and content of your broadcast. But don’t do it for the fame, just because you are passionate about your field. ”
- Jatin Sapru first watched a cricket match when he was in fifth grade. It was an India vs Zimbabwe match and his father forced him to watch it. When asked about his best childhood cricket memory, Jatin said,
This is a picture of India beating Australia in the 2001 Test series. My 10th grade board exams were going on and Harbhajan scored three goals that day. I finished my exams and forced my father to break all traffic rules because I wanted to get home in time to watch the match.
- Jatin said that he enjoys his job so much that he does not feel tired even if he has to work for 15 hours a day as he gets to spend the day with cricket legends.
Jatin Sapru plays with Sachin Tendulkar and Harbhajan Singh at Lord’s Cricket Ground
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