Bharat Arun
{{Short description|Indian cricket player and Coach}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Bharat Arun
| image =
| country = India
| fullname =
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|12|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| heightm =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right arm medium pace
| role = All-rounder
| family =
| international = true
| internationalspan = 1986–1987
| testdebutdate = 17 December
| testdebutyear = 1986
| testdebutagainst = Sri Lanka
| testcap = 176
| lasttestdate = 7 January
| lasttestyear = 1987
| lasttestagainst = Sri Lanka
| odidebutdate = 24 December
| odidebutyear = 1986
| odidebutagainst = Sri Lanka
| odicap = 60
| lastodidate = 10 April
| lastodiyear = 1987
| lastodiagainst = Pakistan
| odishirt =
| club1 = Tamil Nadu
| year1 = {{nowrap|1982/83–1991/92}}
| columns = 4
| column1 = Test
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 4
| bat avg1 = 4.00
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 2*
| deliveries1 = 252
| wickets1 = 4
| bowl avg1 = 29.00
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 3/76
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–
| column2 = ODI
| matches2 = 4
| runs2 = 21
| bat avg2 = 10.50
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 8
| deliveries2 = 102
| wickets2 = 1
| bowl avg2 = 103.00
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 1/43
| catches/stumpings2 = 0/–
| column3 = FC
| matches3 = 48
| runs3 = 1,652
| bat avg3 = 30.59
| 100s/50s3 = 4/4
| top score3 = 149
| deliveries3 = 5,397
| wickets3 = 110
| bowl avg3 = 32.44
| fivefor3 = 3
| tenfor3 = 1
| best bowling3 = 6/79
| catches/stumpings3 = 23/–
| column4 = LA
| matches4 = 15
| runs4 = 137
| bat avg4 = 15.22
| 100s/50s4 = 0/0
| top score4 = 29
| deliveries4 = 526
| wickets4 = 8
| bowl avg4 = 63.12
| fivefor4 = 0
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 2/43
| catches/stumpings4 = 2/–
| date = 25 September
| year = 2008
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/bharat-arun-26293 ESPNcricinfo
}}
Bharat Arun ({{audio|Bharat_Arun.ogg|pronunciation}}; 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.
Playing career
Arun 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.{{Cite web |title=West Zone v South Zone in 1986/87 |work=CricketArchive |access-date=30 October 2024 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/47/47939.html}} 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.{{cite news|title=Arun calls it a day|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19931103|access-date=22 January 2018|work=The Indian Express|date=3 November 1993|page=16}}
Coaching
Arun began his coaching career with Tamil Nadu in 2002.{{Cite web |title=Bharat Arun Profile |work=Cricbuzz |access-date=30 October 2024 |url= https://www.cricbuzz.com/profiles/3873/bharat-arun |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240407191248/https://www.cricbuzz.com/profiles/3873/bharat-arun |archive-date=7 April 2024}} 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.{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/ravi-shastri-wants-bharat-arun-as-bowling-coach-prefers-zaheer-khan-as-consultant/articleshow/59575228.cms|title=Ravi Shastri wants Bharat Arun as bowling coach, prefers Zaheer Khan as consultant |work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-07-14}} In January 2022, Arun was appointed as bowling coach for the Kolkata Knight Riders.{{Cite web |title=Bharat Arun appointed Kolkata Knight Riders bowling coach |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=14 January 2022 |access-date=30 October 2024 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-2022-former-india-bowling-coach-bharat-arun-appointed-kolkata-knight-riders-bowling-coach-1296942}}
References
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External links
- {{ESPNcricinfo|id=26293}}
{{Kolkata Knight Riders squad}}
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Category:India One Day International cricketers
Category:India Test cricketers
Category:Tamil Nadu cricketers
Category:South Zone cricketers