Afshan Anjum (Hindi: अफ़शां अंजुम) is an Indian television

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and anchor. She worked as a senior news editor with

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India. Anjum is famous for her coverage of the ICC World Cup Cricket Tournaments, and hosts the daily sports shows ''Khel India'' and ''Googly'' on NDTV India. She has anchored the popular audience-based chat show ''Kissa Cricket Ka'', and has won the NT Award five times.

Personal life

Anjum was born in

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. Her father worked at Avery India Ltd. She has two older brothers, one of them a scientist at the

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and another runs a business of his own. She is married to Danish Aziz, who works for UNICEF in development. She currently lives in

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Career

Anjum has a bachelor's degree in

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from

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and was selected for the British Chevening Scholarships for Young Journalists of India in broadcast journalism with the

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at Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom in 2006. She started her career as a reporter with

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and went on to join NDTV in 2003. Since then, she has worked her way up from being a reporter to senior news editor for sports. She gained popularity with her show ''Kissa Cricket Ka'' with former Indian Cricketer Navjyot Singh Siddhu. One of the prominent names in Hindi language sports journalism in India, Anjun has covered some very exciting events in the sporting history of India, including India's historic Tour of Pakistan in 2004 and the iconic ICC World Cup Cricket tournaments in 2007, 2011, and 2015.

Awards and accolades

Anjum has won the NT Award for 'Best Sports Presenter in Hindi' five times between 2007 and 2014. She has also won several other prestigious awards such as the Madhav Jyoti Alankar. She presented Jai Jawan with Cricketer

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that won the

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for 'Best Television Event'.

References

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