| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bharath Arun | |||
| Born | 14 December 1962 Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India |
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| 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 | ||||
Bharath Arun (born December 14, 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. 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 but did not do much either with the bat or the ball.