Following a recommendation from India coach Ravi Shastri, Bharat Arun has been named the side’s bowling coach. The appointment came after a meeting between Shastri and a four-member BCCI committee, where it was also decided that Sanjay Bangar will be the team’s assistant coach.
The appointments mean Shastri will work with the same set of coaches – including fielding coach R Sridhar – who assisted him in his earlier tenure as team director. India’s support staff have all been given two-year contracts, until the end of the 2019 World Cup.
Shastri also confirmed that Rahul Dravid and Zaheer Khan will be on board as consultants. “I have spoken to both the individuals as good as three or four days ago,” Shastri told reporters after the meeting. “They are fantastic cricketers for India, and their inputs will be invaluable. They will be on board once they have spoken to the authorities concerned, so there are no issues on that.”
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Arun Venugopal is a correspondent at ESPNcricinfo. @scarletrun
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