Bharat Arun Explained

Bharat Arun
Country:India
Birth Date:14 December 1962
Birth Place:Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right arm medium pace
Role:All-rounder
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
Club1:Tamil Nadu
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 (; 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.

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 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. Almost 40 years later, Shastri, now the head coach of the national cricket team is insisting that Arun be made the head bowling coach. The BCCI has already announced that Zaheer Khan will be the head bowling coach. He is appointed as bowling coach for team India on 16 July 2017[1]

He played two Test matches of the series 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 toured Sharjah in 1987 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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Ravi Shastri wants Bharat Arun as bowling coach, prefers Zaheer Khan as consultant . The Times of India. 2017-07-14.
  2. News: Arun calls it a day. 22 January 2018. The Indian Express. 3 November 1993. 16.