Bharat Arun (; born 14 December 1962), is a former Indian Test cricketer and bowling coach for the India national cricket team, and the current bowling coach for the Kolkata Knight Riders.
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| Born | 14 December 1962 Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right arm medium pace | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 176) | 17 December 1986 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 7 January 1987 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 60) | 24 December 1986 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 10 April 1987 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1982/83–1991/92 | Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
editArun was a medium pacer and an attacking lower order batsman. In the semifinal of the 1986/87 Duleep Trophy he hit 149 and added 221 for the seventh wicket with W. V. Raman as South Zone chased a West total of 516 for the first innings lead.[1] A 107* for India Under-25 against the visiting Sri Lankans just before the selection of the side for the Tests against Sri Lanka won him a place in the side. He was part of the Indian under 19 team that toured Sri Lanka in 1979 under the captaincy of Ravi Shastri.
He played two Test matches, both during the three-match series against Sri Lanka in 1986–87, with the 3 for 76 in his first match as his best bowling figures (after slipping and falling down, to some hilarity, when he ran in to bowl his first ball). He was part of India's side for the 1987 Sharjah Cup, and appeared in all of India's three matches without distinction. He was a part of the Tamil Nadu team that won the Ranji Trophy in 1987/88. He announced his retirement from first-class cricket in November 1993.[2]
Coaching
editArun began his coaching career with Tamil Nadu in 2002.[3] He served as the Indian bowling coach from 2014 to 2015, then again from 16 July 2017 until the end of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. The latter appointment was unusual as Zaheer Khan had already been announced in that position, but the new Indian coach Ravi Shastri pushed for a more experienced head bowling coach, with Khan instead taking up a role as bowling consultant.[4] In January 2022, Arun was appointed as bowling coach for the Kolkata Knight Riders.[5]
References
edit- ^ "West Zone v South Zone in 1986/87". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Arun calls it a day". The Indian Express. 3 November 1993. p. 16. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ^ "Bharat Arun Profile". Cricbuzz. Archived from the original on 7 April 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Ravi Shastri wants Bharat Arun as bowling coach, prefers Zaheer Khan as consultant". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ "Bharat Arun appointed Kolkata Knight Riders bowling coach". ESPNcricinfo. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2024.