Gaurav Kapur

Gaurav Kapur (born 11 April 1981), also spelled as Gaurav Kapoor is an Indian actor, television and cricket presenter known for being the host of the pre-match Indian Premier League show, Extraaa Innings T20, Cricbuzz Live and his YouTube show Breakfast with Champions.

Career Gaurav was seventeen when he started working on FM. After beginning as a radio jockey, he did a travel show called Indian holiday on Sony Television which explored scenic Indian locations with Anu Malhotra and Mini Mathur. Subsequently, he worked as a VJ on Channel V. In the same year he acted in another horror movie Ssssshhhh. He then worked in Chai Pani Etc. in 2004 which was a comedy film by Manu Rewal and White Rainbow in 2005. He also worked in the comedy film Kudiyon Ka Hai Zamaana and acted as Ahmed in Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag which was a remake of Sholay.

Gaurav Kapur played the lead in the comedy Bad Luck Govind (2009) that opened to mixed reviews. He appeared in the film Saluun in 2009. In 2011, he appeared in Chala Mussaddi - Office Office.

He hosted the cricket based talk show Extraaa Innings T20 from 2008 to 2017, covering the Indian Premier League.

In March 2017, Gaurav started a web series called 'Breakfast with Champions' where he interviews and interacts with cricketers and other sports athletes. Many including Steve Smith, Michael Holding, Shoaib Akhtar, Gary Kirsten, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh with wife Hazel Keech, Ashish Nehra, Danny Morrison, Gautam Gambhir, Ajinkya Rahane, Dwayne Bravo, Matthew Hayden, Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rohit Sharma, Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Smriti Mandhana, Shikhar Dhawan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rashid Khan, Parthiv Patel, Ravi Shastri, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, David Warner, Mithali Raj, Abhinav Bindra, Leander Paes and Geeta Phogat have appeared on this show.

Gaurav Kapur co-founded Kommune Arts Private Limited, a performance arts collective, with Ankur Tewari and Roshan Abbas in July 2017.

In 2018, he joined Cricbuzz LIVE as an anchor, an online based cricket talk show covering the Indian Premier League and other Indian cricket team matches.

Kapur co-created and wrote the 2025 Netflix crime drama series Dabba Cartel alongside Shibani Akhtar, Vishnu Menon, and Akanksha Seda.

Personal life Gaurav completed his schooling in Mount St. Mary's School.

He married actress Kirat Bhattal on 3 November 2014 in Chandigarh. They divorced in 2021.

He resides in Bandra, Maharashtra. Gaurav married actress Kritika Kamra on 11 March 2026.

Business interests In April 2016, Gaurav started a dedicated sports media and production agency named Oaktree Creative Solutions.

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result 2012 EC Live Quotient Awards Best Anchor (Media Personality)(Male)