BCCI appoints Bharat Arun as Team India bowling coach, Sanjay Bangar gets role of assistant coach

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday appointed Bharat Arun as the bowling coach of the Indian cricket team. Sanjay Bangar, meanwhile, has been given the role of assistant coach. Both appointments will stand till the 2019 ICC World Cup. Zaheer Khan will remain a consultant for Team India’s bowling unit.

It has been learnt that Zaheer is unlikely to give around 250 days a year that a full-time bowling coach will be required to and may not be available for more than 100 days. It may also be mentioned that Zaheer’s salary package has not yet been inked as negotiations are still on.

Earlier, when head coach Ravi Shastri was asked about his choice of bowling coach, he had said Arun but one particular member of Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) was against it. Shastri then apparently said that : “Give me Jason Gillespie then”. Gillespie is widely acknowledged as the best bowling coach in the cricketing fraternity.

(Inputs from PTI)