Bharat Arun, born on 4th December, 1962, in Vijayawada, of Andhra Pradesh, was an Indian Cricketer. He was a right-arm medium-pace bowler and a right-hand lower-order batsman. Bharat Arun had adopted well medium-pace bowling and tail-end batting. In the semi-final of the Duleep Trophy, of 1986-87, this talented cricketer, scored a glorious 149, and contributed 221 runs at the 7th wicket stand in collaboration with the W.V.Raman. These two dauntless players were pursuing a huge total of 516, achieved by the West Zone, who had set it as a target for Bharat Arun`s South Zone. He played in the Under-19 team, on tour in Sri Lanka in 1979, led by Ravi Shastri. Arun also landed up with a praiseworthy 107 runs for India Under-25 against the opponent Sri Lanka, who arrived in India, on a tour.

Cricket Career of Bharat Arun
Bharat Arun made his debut appearance in the Test match of India vs. Sri Lanka, at Kanpur in December 1986. He bowled for 27 overs, and fetched 3 wickets, in his very first Test appearance. This also happened to be his Test optimal achievement. On December 24, 1986, Bharat Arun introduced himself to One-Day Internationals. His ODI debut was in the India vs. Sri Lanka at Kanpur. He bowled for 8 overs, giving 43 runs and seizing one wicket. His bowling trap compelled A Ranatunga to succumb to an LBW. Bharat Arun demonstrated his caliber, only to kindle possibilities of considering him as a suitable associate player and an opening player for Kapil Dev in the 1980s. He got the opportunity to venture out for the tour to Sharjah in 1987 and participated in all the 3 matches. However, he could not leave an indelible impression of himself.

His last ODI was in the India vs. Pakistan at Sharjah, on April 10, 1987. Unfortunately, he couldn`t take any in his last match. Apart from Team India, Bharat Arun had also cast himself in Tamil Nadu Squad that emerged victorious in the Ranji Trophy in 1987-88. In fact, in the 48 First-class matches that Bharat Arun had taken part, he had bagged a fair 1652 runs, at an average of 30.59. In bowling, he has taken 110 wickets, by losing out 3569 runs out of 5397 balls. His bowling average is 32.44 with an economy of 3.96.

Bharat Arun had been able in procuring some profits for Indian cricket, with his own capability.