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title: "Who has been appointed the bowling coach of India in July 2017?"  
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published: 2018-02-13  
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# Who has been appointed the bowling coach of India in July 2017? 

Who has been appointed the bowling [coach](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38795/name-the-football-coach-of-barcelona-who-won-the-fifa-coach-of-the-year) of [India](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/336618/top-10-electric-bicycles-in-india-in-2024-to-improve-your-health) in July 2017?

## Answers

### Answer by Uttam Misra

**BHARATHI ARUN** the former Indian cricketer also called **BHARAT ARUN** is appointed as the **bowling coach** of **India** in **July 2017** after the announcement of the name of **RAVI SHASTRI** holding the post of **head coach of the** **Indian cricket team** on the two year contract, until the end of the **2019 World Cup**.

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**Bharathi Arun** **was a right arm medium pacer and a right handed middle to lower order batsman born in 1962 in Andhra Pradesh**. He debuted with a test match in **1986** against **Sri Lanka** but played only in two tests, and announced his retirement from the first class cricket in **1993**. He was a successful bowler and his best performances were recorded in **DULEEP TROPHY.**

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Despite of the average cricket career he has a successful coaching career. He started as a coach of **RANJI team of Tamil Nadu in 2002.** He was **assistant coach of Kings XI Punjab in IPL-7**, **bowling coach of Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2015**, before that he was the **head bowling coach at National Cricket Academy for several years and was chief coach of under -19 Indian cricket team during the triumph of world cup under-19 in 2012.** Recently he was named as the coach of VB in TNPL. And now the head bowling coach of Indian national cricket team since 2017.\
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### Answer by Vishal Kesarwani

**Bharat Arun was appointed as the bowling coach of India in July 2017.** Arun has been **recommended** by the **Indian team coach Ravi Shastri** as in a live conference he said that Bharat Arun along with Zaheer Khan as a consultant was always been our first choice.

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However, **Bharat Arun got appointed after a short meeting between Ravi Shastri and four-member BCCI committee and in that particular discussion,** it was also decided that Sanjay Bangar will be the team assistant coach.

**Born on 14th December 1962 in Vijayvada Bharat Arun is a former Indian Test cricketer.** He was a medium pacer and contributed as an all-rounder for the Indian cricket team as he was a right-handed batsman too. **Well, he didn’t play many international matches but he is really a big name in the Ranji cricket.**\


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