Bharat Arun

Bharat Arun

Personal information
Full name	Bharathi Arun
Born	(1962-12-14) 14 December 1962 Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm medium pace
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	India
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
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1982/83–1991/92	Tamil Nadu
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC List A Matches 2 4 48 15 Runs scored 4 21 1652 137 Batting average 4.00 10.50 30.59 15.22 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 4/4 0/0 Top score 2* 8 149 29 Balls bowled 42 42 5397 526 Wickets 4 1 110 8 Bowling average 29.00 103.00 32.44 63.12 5 wickets in innings 0 0 3 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 1 n/a Best bowling 3/76 1/43 6/79 2/43 Catches/stumpings 2/– 0/– 23/– 2/–
Source: CricketArchive, 25 September 2008

Bharathi Arun (born 14 December 1962, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh) was an Indian Test cricketer.

The bearded 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 [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 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.

References

• Player profile: Bharat Arun from ESPNcricinfo
• Player profile: Bharat Arun from CricketArchive