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{{Infobox cricketer
|                name = Bharath Arun
|               image = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb/msid-49796817,width-400,resizemode-4/49796817.jpg
|             country = India
|            fullname = Bharath Arun
|            nickname =bharru, paaji
|          birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|12|14|df=yes}}
|         birth_place = [[Vijayawada]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]
|            heightft =
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|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = Right arm [[fast bowling|medium pace]]
|                role = [[All-rounder]]
|              family =
|       international = true
|       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 cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
|               year1 = 1982/83&ndash;1991/92
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|             columns = 4
|             column1 = [[Test cricket|Tests]]
|            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/&ndash;
|             column2 = [[One Day International|ODIs]]
|            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 = n/a
|       best bowling2 = 1/43
|  catches/stumpings2 = 0/&ndash;
|             column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
|            matches3 = 48
|               runs3 = 1652
|            bat avg3 = 30.59
|           100s/50s3 = 4/4
|          top score3 = 149
|         deliveries3 = 5397
|            wickets3 = 110
|           bowl avg3 = 32.44
|            fivefor3 = 3
|             tenfor3 = 1
|       best bowling3 = 6/79
|  catches/stumpings3 = 23/&ndash;
|             column4 = [[List A cricket|List A]]
|            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 = n/a
|       best bowling4 = 2/43
|  catches/stumpings4 = 2/&ndash;
|                date = 25 September
|                year = 2008
|              source = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1855/1855.html CricketArchive]
}}

'''Bharat Arun''' {{audio|Bharat_Arun.ogg|pronunciation}} (born 14 December 1962) is a former [[Indian cricket team|Indian]] [[Test cricket]]er and current [[List of India national cricket coaches|Bowling coach]] of the [[Indian national cricket team]].

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 [[Woorkeri Raman|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 Lanka cricket team|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<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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 cricket team|Tamil Nadu]] team that won the [[Ranji Trophy]] in 1987/88. He announced his retirement from first-class cricket in November 1993.<ref>{{cite news|title=Arun calls it a day|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19931103|accessdate=22 January 2018|work=The Indian Express|date=3 November 1993|page=16}}</ref>

He is also brother of noted South Indian Actor Anand
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== External links ==
* {{ESPNcricinfo|id=26293}}
* {{CricketArchive|id=1855}}

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