Indian influence at the top table of world cricket could be set to increase with Sanjog Gupta, the head of live sport at broadcast giants Jiostar, having emerged as the likeliest candidate to become the new chief executive of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Cricket Age exclusively learns.
According to the top placed sources, Gupta has been Interviewed by the governing body of world cricket to replace Geoff Allardice as its CEO when the latter, who is currently serving his notice period, vacates the chair come July.
If so, Gupta would become the first major appointment at the ICC since Jay Shah, the former secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, was made chair of the global governing body last December. Both men have worked closely together in the past, with Jiostar also the domestic broadcaster of the Indian Premier League.
Gupta has a BA in Economics from the Delhi University. He began his career as a journalist. starting as a correspondent for The Tribune before moving to TV Today Network as a producer-anchor-correspondent. He was Associate Executive Producer at Star News India (now ABP News) in 2007, before joining NDTV as a News Editor. Gupta was then an anchor for INTV, after which he joined Star Movies & BBC World Service Trust as a consultant/producer. His journey for Star TV began in 2010, where he worked his way up through the ranks to become the network’s CEO of Sports. When Jiostar began its operations, Gupta was made the CEO of its sports vertical.
